Edematogenic and myotoxic activities of the duvernoy's gland secretion of Philodryas olfersii from the north-east region of Argentina

Biocell

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 363-370

  Acosta De Pérez, Ofelia ^a   Leiva De Vila, Laura ^a   Peichoto, María Elisa ^a   Maruñak, Silvana ^a   Ruíz, Raquel ^a   Teibler, Pamela ^a   Gay, Carolina ^a   Rey, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL NORDESTE   (Argentina)

^b Serpentario Zoologico Cd Corrientes   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Edematogenic activity; Myotoxic activity; Philodryas olfersii

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; SNAKE VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DUVERNOY GLAND; EDEMA; EDEMATOGENIC ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOT PAD; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MOUSE; MUSCLE NECROSIS; MYOTOXIC ACTIVITIY; NONHUMAN; PHILODRYAS OLFERSII; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SALIVARY GLAND; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; COLUBRIDAE; CREATINE KINASE; EDEMA; HEMORRHAGE; MICE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECROSIS; REACTION TIME; SALIVARY GLANDS; SNAKE VENOMS;

ANIMALIA; COLUBRIDAE; PHILODRYAS OLFERSII; SERPENTES;

EID: 1342269456     PISSN: 03279545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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