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Pathogenesis of myonecrosis induced by crude venom and a myotoxin of Bothrops asper.
(1984)
The pathogenesis of skeletal muscle necrosis induced by crude Bothrops asper venom and isolated myotoxic phospholipase was studied using light and electron microscopy. White mice were injected intramuscularly with a dose ...
El problema de los efectos hemorrágico y mionecrótico por mordeduras de serpiente en el continente Americano
(1980)
Los efectos locales que aparecen como consecuencia de la mordedura de serpientes constituyen un problema de salud importante en las Américas. Sin embargo, la eficacia del suero antiofídico que se usa parece ser escasa, ...
Isolation of a myotoxin from Bothrops asper venom: Partial characterization and action on skeletal muscle
(1984)
A myotoxic phospholipase has been isolated from Bothrops asper venom by ion-exchange chromatography on CM-Sephadex followed by gel filtration on Sephadex G-75. The toxin is a basic polypeptide with an estimated molecular ...
Mecanismo de acción de miotoxinas aisladas de venenos de serpientes
(1984)
Biochemically and pharmacologically, myotoxins isolated from snake venoms can be placed in four main groups: myolaxic phospholipases A, low molecular weight basic toxins, cardiotoxins, and hemorrhagic myotoxins. The myotoxic ...
Inflammatory infiltrate in skeletal muscle injected with Bothrops asper venom
(1986)
The time-course and composition of inflammatory infiltrate in mouse gastrocnemius injected with Bothrops asper venom was studied. The venom induced myonecrosis, and a prominent decrease in muscle levels of creatine kinase ...
Quantitation of myonecrosis induced by myotoxin a from prairie rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis viridis) venom
(1982)
Using a pure myotoxin (myotoxin a) isolated from prairie rattlesnake Crotalus viridis viridis) venom, a comparison between two methods for quantitating myonecrosis in mice was made. Measurement of creatine kinase (CK) ...
Neutralization of proteolytic and hemorrhagic activities of Costa Rican snake venoms by a polyvalent antivenom
(1985)
The polyvalent antivenom produced at the Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Costa Rica, was tested for its capacity to neutralize proteolytic and hemorrhagic activities of ten Costa Rican crotaline venoms. In experiments with ...
Cariotipos de diez especies de serpientes costarricenses de la familia Viperidae
(1979)
All the karyotypes of ten snake species of the family Viperidae from Costa Rica have a diploid number of 36 chromosomes, 16 macro- and 20 microchromosomes; females show an heteromorphism in the fourth pair. The karyological ...
Cariotipos de las principales serpientes coral (Elapidae: Micrurus) de Costa Rica
(1979)
Se describen los cariotipos de las tres especies de serpientes de coral (Elapidae: Micrurus) más abundantes en Costa Rica: M. nigrocinctus, M. alleni y M. mipartitus. M. nigrocinctus presenta dos poblaciones cariotípicas ...
Polimorfismo cromosómico intraespecífico en la serpiente de coral Micrurus nigrocinctus (Ophidia: Elapidae)
(1981)
En un estudio cito genético de 59 ejemplares de la serpiente de coral Micrurus nigrocinctus procedentes de todas las áreas de distribución de Costa Rica, se observó dos patrones cariológicos principales: I o "nigrocinctus" ...