Interspecific variation in venom composition and toxicity of Brazilian snakes from Bothrops genus

Toxicon

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 842-851

  Queiroz, Giselle Pidde ^a   Pessoa, Lucas Alves ^a   Portaro, Fernanda C V ^a   Furtado, Maria de Fátima D ^a   Tambourgi, Denise V ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antivenom; Bothrops spp.; Cross reactivity; Serum neutralization; Snake venoms; Toxic activities

Indexed keywords

METALLOPROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; VIPER VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE; TOXICITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; BOTHROPS; BRAZIL; CROSS REACTIONS; CROTALID VENOMS; HORSES; HYALURONOGLUCOSAMINIDASE; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MICE; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHOSPHOLIPASES A2; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BOTHROPS; BOTHROPS ALTERNATUS; BOTHROPS JARARACA; BOTHROPS JARARACUSSU; BOTHROPS MOOJENI; BOTHROPS NEUWIEDI; EQUIDAE; SERPENTES; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 56949101649     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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