Neuromuscular action of venom from the South American colubrid snake Philodryas patagoniensis

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-38

  Carreiro da Costa, Roberta S ^a   Prudêncio, Luiz ^a   Ferrari, Erika Fonseca ^a   Souza, Gustavo H M F ^b   de Mello, Sueli Moreira ^b   Prianti Júnior, Antonio Carlos Guimarães ^a   Ribeiro, Wellington ^a   Zamunér, Stella Regina ^a   Hyslop, Stephen ^b   Cogo, José Carlos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antivenom; Colubrid; ELISA; Neuromuscular effects; Philodryas patagoniensis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CREATINE KINASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; SNAKE VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHICK; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE NECROSIS; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PHILODRYAS OLFERSII; PHILODRYAS PATAGONIENSIS; PHRENIC NERVE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SNAKE; SOUTH AMERICA;

BOTHROPS; BOTHROPS JARARACA; COLUBRIDAE; PHILODRYAS; PHILODRYAS OLFERSII; PHILODRYAS PATAGONIENSIS; SERPENTES;

EID: 43849089307     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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