The venom of the Lonomia caterpillar: An overview

Toxicon

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 741-757

  Carrijo Carvalho, Linda Christian ^a   Chudzinski Tavassi, Ana Marisa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caterpillar; Coagulation; Fibrinolyis; Hemorrhagic syndrome; Lepidoptera; Lonomia

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; CATERPILLAR VENOM; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEMOLYTIC AGENT; HYALURONIDASE; PROTEINASE; PROTHROMBIN; THROMBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM;

ANTICOAGULATION; BLEEDING TIME; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CATERPILLAR; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; EDEMA; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENVENOMATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; LEPIDOPTERA; LETHAL DOSE; LONOMIA ACHELOUS; LONOMIA OBLIQUA; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOXIN ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VENOMS; BITES AND STINGS; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; HEMORRHAGIC SEPTICEMIA; HUMANS; LEPIDOPTERA;

LEPIDOPTERA; LONOMIA; LONOMIA ACHELOUS; LONOMIA OBLIQUA;

EID: 34247137910     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2006.11.033     Document Type: Review

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