Biochemical and biological activities of the venom of a new species of pitviper from Vietnam, Triceratolepidophis sieversorum

Toxicon

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-143

  Mebs, Dietrich ^a   Kuch, Ulrich ^a   Herrmann, Hans Werner ^b   Ziegler, Thomas ^c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Zoologischer Garten Köln ^*  (Germany)

^c ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enzymatic activities; Snake venom analysis; Squamata; Triceratolepidophis sieversorum; Vietnam; Viperidae

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID OXIDASE; ARGININE ESTERASE; CASEIN HYDROLYSATE; KALLIKREIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; VIPER VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; HYDROLYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; CASEINS; CATTLE; CROTALID VENOMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTERS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; KALLIKREINS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MICE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; SKIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIETNAM; VIPERIDAE;

AMMODYTES; BOTHROPS; BOTHROPS ASPER; BOVINAE; CROTALUS; CROTALUS ATROX; PROTOBOTHROPS; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; TRICERATOLEPIDOPHIS SIEVERSORUM; TRIMERESURUS; TRIMERESURUS FLAVOVIRIDIS; TRIMERESURUS INSULARIS; VIPERA; VIPERA AMMODYTES; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 0037305959     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(02)00243-X     Document Type: Article

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