Systemic pathological effects induced by cobra (Naja naja) venom from geographically distinct origins of Indian peninsula

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 587-592

  Shashidharamurthy, R ^a   Mahadeswaraswamy, Y H ^b   Ragupathi, L ^b   Vishwanath, B S ^b   Kemparaju, K ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

Histopathology; Indian cobra; Naja naja; Venom variation

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CARDIOTOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INDIA; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG TOXICITY; MOUSE; NAJA NAJA; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; POISONOUS SNAKE;

ANIMALS; COBRA VENOMS; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; FEMALE; INDIA; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MICE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC;

NAJA NAJA;

EID: 78649445842     PISSN: 09402993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etp.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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