Biological and immunological properties of the venom of Bothrops alcatraz, an endemic species of pitviper from Brazil

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-123

  Furtado, M F D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bothrops alcatraz; Island species; Serum neutralization; Venom activities; Viperidae

Indexed keywords

BATROXOBIN; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; VIPER VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BRAZIL; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ELECTROPHORESIS; EXAMINATION; HUMAN; LETHAL DOSE; LETHALITY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN BLEEDING; SPECIES COMPARISON; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BOTHROPS; BOTHROPS JARARACA; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 25144463011     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2004.09.016     Document Type: Article

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