Inhibition of the toxic effects of Lachesis muta, Crotalus durissus cumanensis and Micrurus mipartitus snake venoms by plant extracts

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-54

  Núñez, Vitelbina ^a,b   Otero, Rafael ^a   Barona, Jacqueline ^a   Fonnegra, Ramiro ^a   Jiménez, Silvia ^a   Osorio, Raúl Guillermo ^a   Quintana, Juan Carlos ^a   Díaz, Abel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Extracts; Lethality; Medicinal plants; Myotoxicity; Neutralization; Snake venoms

Indexed keywords

CROTALUS DURISSUS CUMANENSIS EXTRACT; LACHESIS MUTA EXTRACT; MICRURUS MIPARTITUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SNAKE VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INHIBITION; LETHALITY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; MUSCLE NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PURIFICATION; SNAKEBITE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ALPINIA; ANIMALIA; BIXA ORELLANA; BROWNEA; BROWNEA ROSADEMONTE; CITRUS LIMON; CROTALUS DURISSUS; HELICONIA; HELICONIA CURTISPATHA; LACHESIS MUTA; MICRURUS; PLEOPELTIS; PLEOPELTIS PERCUSSA; RENEALMIA ALPINIA; SERPENTES; TABEBUIA ROSEA; TRICHOMANES ELEGANS;

EID: 9444240968     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200490505483     Document Type: Article

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