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Complex Mixtures > Venoms > Snake Venoms > Viper Venoms > Crotalid Venoms

Preferred term

Crotalid Venoms  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Crotalidae Venoms
  • Crotalid Venom
  • Pit Viper Venom
  • Pit Viper Venoms
  • Venom, Crotalid
  • Venom, Pit Viper
  • Venoms, Crotalidae
  • Venoms, Pit Viper
  • Viper Venom, Pit

Note

  • from pit vipers (rattlesnake, cottonmouth, etc.); /antag permitted but consider also ANTIVENINS; /enzymology permitted; TN 241: common & scientific names of various crotalids

Scope note

  • Venoms from snakes of the subfamily Crotalinae or pit vipers, found mostly in the Americas. They include the rattlesnake, cottonmouth, fer-de-lance, bushmaster, and American copperhead. Their venoms contain nontoxic proteins, cardio-, hemo-, cyto-, and neurotoxins, and many enzymes, especially phospholipases A. Many of the toxins have been characterized.

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