General biochemical and immunological characterization of the venom from the scorpion Tityus trivittatus of Argentina

Toxicon

Volumn 55, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 307-319

  de Roodt, Adolfo R ^a   Coronas, Fredy I V ^b   Lago, Nestor ^c   González, María E ^a   Laskowicz, Rodrigo D ^a   Beltramino, Juan C ^d   Saavedra, Silvina ^e   López, Raúl A ^f   Reati, Gustavo J ^g   Vucharchuk, Miriam G ^h   Bazán, Eduardo ⁱ   Varni, Liliana ^a   Salomón, Oscar D ^a   Possani, Lourival D ^b  

^a Administracion Nacional de Laboratorios E Institutos de Salud Dr Carlos G Malbran   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d 'O Alassia' Children's Hospital   (Argentina)

^e Dirección de Zoonosis del Ministerio de Salud de la Provincia de Entre Ríos   (Argentina)

^f Departamento de Zoonosis   (Argentina)

^g CENTRO DE ZOOLOGÍA APLICADA   (Argentina)

^h Ministerio de Salud de la Provincia de Santiago del Estero   (Argentina)

ⁱ Dirección de Epidemiología del Ministerio de Salud de la Provincia de La Rioja   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chromatographic separation; LD50; Scorpion; Tityus trivittatus; Toxicity; Venom

Indexed keywords

ANTIDOTE; SCORPION VENOM; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ELUTION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HEART; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT STING; LD 50; LIVER; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORPION; SUPERNATANT; TISSUE HOMOGENATE;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; ARGENTINA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXOCRINE GLANDS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LETHAL DOSE 50; LIVER; LUNG; MICE; MYOCARDIUM; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS;

MUS; SCORPIONES; TITYUS;

EID: 73049100190     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.08.014     Document Type: Article

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