Isolation And Purihcation Of A Neurotoxin From Bungarus Caeruleus (Common Indian Krait) Venom: Biochemical Changes Induced By The Toxin In Rats

Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-52

  Mirajkar, Kiran K ^a   More, Sunil ^a   Gadag, J R ^a  

^a KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bungarus caeruleus; krait; pathophysiology

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; GLUCOSE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NEUROTOXIN; SNAKE VENOM; UREA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BUNGARUS CAERULEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; KIDNEY HEMORRHAGE; KIDNEY NECROSIS; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LETHALITY; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAT; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; BUNGARUS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; ELAPID VENOMS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYMES; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; NEUROTOXINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 24744439675     PISSN: 07926855     EISSN: 21910286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JBCPP.2005.16.1.37     Document Type: Article

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