Proteolytic, hemorrhagic, and neurotoxic activities caused by Leptodeira annulata ashmeadii (Serpentes: Colubridae) Duvernoy's gland secretion

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 82-89

  Lemoine, Karel ^a   Girón, María E ^a   Aguilar, Irma ^a   Navarrete, Luis F ^a   Rodríguez Acosta, Alexis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Colubridae; Duvernoy's secretion; Hemorrhage; Leptodeira annulata ashmeadii; Neurotoxic; Proteolytic

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLEEDING TENDENCY; BODY REGIONS; CHICK EMBRYO; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUVERNOY GLAND SECRETION; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; LD 50; LEPTODEIRA ANNULATA ASHMEADII; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SKIN; SNAKE; TOXIN ANALYSIS; VENEZUELA;

EID: 2942621857     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(2004)015[0082:PHANAC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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