Venom of the crotaline snake Atropoides nummifer (jumping viper) from Guatemala and Honduras: Comparative toxicological characterization, isolation of a myotoxic phospholipase A2 homologue and neutralization by two antivenoms

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 151-162

  Rojas, Ermila ^a   Saravia, Patricia ^b   Angulo, Yamileth ^a   Arce, Viviana ^a   Lomonte, Bruno ^a   Chávez, Juan José ^b   Velásquez, Rubén ^b   Thelestam, Monica ^c   Gutiérrez, José María ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antivenoms; Atropoides nummifer; Lys 49 phospholipase A2; Myotoxic phospholipase A2; Neutralization; Snake venom; Viperids

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; VENOM ANTISERUM; VIPER VENOM;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COMPARATIVE TOXICOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GUATEMALA; HONDURAS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ATROPOIDES NUMMIFER; BOTHROPS ASPER; SERPENTES; VIPER; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 0034968440     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1532-0456(01)00198-3     Document Type: Article

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