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... > Fluids and Secretions > Bodily Secretions > Venoms > Snake Venoms > Viper Venoms > Crotalid Venoms > Crotoxin
... > Biological Factors > Toxins, Biological > Venoms > Snake Venoms > Viper Venoms > Crotalid Venoms > Crotoxin
... > Complex Mixtures > Venoms > Snake Venoms > Viper Venoms > Crotalid Venoms > Crotoxin

Preferred term

Crotoxin  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Crotapotin
  • Crotoxin A
  • Crotoxin B

Note

  • from a So. Amer. rattlesnake; /antag permitted but consider also ANTIVENINS

Scope note

  • A specific complex of toxic proteins from the venom of Crotalus durissus terrificus (South American rattlesnake). It can be separated into a phospholipase A and crotapotin fragment; the latter consists of three different amino acid chains, potentiates the enzyme, and is specifically neurotoxic.

History note

  • 91(78); was see under CROTALID VENOMS 1978-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003439

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