Isolation of anticoagulant from the venom of tick, Boophilus calcaratus, from Uzbekistan

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 235-241

  Motoyashiki, Toshio ^a   Tu, Anthony T ^a   Azimov, Djaloliddin A ^b   Ibragim, Kazakov ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Institute of Zoology Tashkent Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences   (Uzbekistan)

Author keywords

Tick anticoagulant; Tick venoms

Indexed keywords

2 DIETHYLAMINOETHANOL; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10A; CALCARATIN; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLPIPECOLYLARGININE 4 NITROANILIDE; SEPHADEX; THROMBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG PURIFICATION; FRACTIONATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0242348818     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-3848(03)00409-2     Document Type: Article

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