Neutralization of the pharmacological effects of Cobra and Krait venoms by chicken egg yolk antibodies

Toxicon

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 221-227

  Meenatchisundaram, S ^a   Parameswari, G ^a   Michael, A ^a   Ramalingam, S ^b  

^a PSG COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE   (India)

^b PSG INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Chicken antibodies (IgY); PLA2; Venom

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN Y; MACROGOL; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROCOAGULANT; SNAKE VENOM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENVENOMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEMOLYSIS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIVENINS; BLOOD COAGULATION; BUNGAROTOXINS; BUNGARUS; CHICKENS; COBRA; COBRA VENOMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; EDEMA; EGG YOLK; HEMOLYSIS; HEMORRHAGE; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LONGEVITY; MICE; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; PHOSPHOLIPASES A2; WHOLE BLOOD COAGULATION TIME;

BUNGARUS CAERULEUS; GALLUS GALLUS; MUS; NAJA NAJA;

EID: 49449113613     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2008.04.179     Document Type: Article

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