The composition of Naja naja venom samples from three districts of West Bengal, India

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 621-627

  Mukherjee, A K ^a   Maity, C R ^b  

^a TEZPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BURDWAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Antivenom; Cobra venom; Edema induction; Myotoxicity; Naja naja; Phospholipase A2; Protease; Venom neutralization

Indexed keywords

HYDROLASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE; PLASMA PROTEIN; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRACTIONATION; INDIA; LD 50; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SNAKE; TOXICITY;

EID: 0032006432     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(97)00475-3     Document Type: Article

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