Inhibition of hemorrhagic activity of viper venoms by N-acetyl Cysteine: Involvement of N-acetyl and Thiol groups

Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 11, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 2589-2600

  Sunitha, K ^a   Hemshekhar, M ^a   Sebastin Santhosh, M ^a   Suresh Kumar, M ^b   Kemparaju, K ^a   Girish, K S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

^b PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Extracellular matrix; Hemorrhagins; Hyaluronic acid; N acetyl cysteine; Snake venom hyaluronidases; Snake venom metalloproteases; Spreading factors; Viper venom

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACETYLCYSTEINE; CHELATING AGENT; GELATINASE; HYALURONIDASE; THIOL GROUP; VIPER VENOM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SNAKE;

EID: 80054053109     PISSN: 15680266     EISSN: 18734294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156802611797633401     Document Type: Article

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