Variations in Loxosceles spider venom composition and toxicity contribute to the severity of envenomation

Toxicon

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 421-429

  De Oliveira, Kátia C ^a   Gonçalves De Andrade, Rute M ^a   Piazza, Roxane M F ^a   Ferreira Jr , Jorge M C ^a   Van Den Berg, C W ^b   Tambourgi, Denise V ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genders; Loxosceles; Species; Toxicity; Venoms

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE; SPIDER VENOM; SPIDER VENOM ANTISERUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVENOMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; LETHALITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN NECROSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; LOXOSCELES; LOXOSCELES LAETA;

EID: 13944266414     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2004.08.022     Document Type: Article

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