Digestive properties of the venom of the Australian Coastal Taipan, Oxyuranus scutellatus (Peters, 1867)

Toxicon

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 422-428

  Nicholson, Jay ^a   Mirtschin, Peter ^a   Madaras, Frank ^a   Venning, Michael ^a   Kokkinn, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bicinchoninic acid assay; Oxyuranus scutellatus; Phospholipase A2; Snake digestion; Venom

Indexed keywords

ACID; BICINCHONINIC ACID; SNAKE VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; DIGESTION; ENVENOMATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SIMULATION; SNAKE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DIGESTION; ELAPID VENOMS; FEMALE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; TEMPERATURE;

ELAPIDAE; OXYURANUS SCUTELLATUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 33747756553     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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