Effects of an extract of Cissampelos pareira on the hemorrhagic and proteolytic activities from Bothrops asper venom

Pharmacognosy Magazine

Volumn 4, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 27-31

  Badilla, B ^a   Chaves, F ^a   Jimenez S ^a   Rodriguez G ^a   Poveda, L J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Hemorrhage; Plant extracts; Proteolysis; Snake venom

Indexed keywords

CASEIN; CISSAMPELOS PAREIRA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SNAKE VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; BLEEDING; CISSAMPELOS; CISSAMPELOS PAREIRA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; ENVENOMATION; INHIBITION KINETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

EID: 69749103139     PISSN: 09731296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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