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Fluids and Secretions > Bodily Secretions > Venoms > Snake Venoms > Elapid Venoms
Biological Factors > Toxins, Biological > Venoms > Snake Venoms > Elapid Venoms
Complex Mixtures > Venoms > Snake Venoms > Elapid Venoms

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Elapid Venoms  

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Entry terms

  • Elapidae Venom
  • Elapidae Venoms
  • Elapid Venom
  • Venom, Elapid
  • Venom, Elapidae
  • Venoms, Elapidae

Note

  • /antag permitted but consider also ANTIVENINS

Scope note

  • Venoms from snakes of the family Elapidae, including cobras, kraits, mambas, coral, tiger, and Australian snakes. The venoms contain polypeptide toxins of various kinds, cytolytic, hemolytic, and neurotoxic factors, but fewer enzymes than viper or crotalid venoms. Many of the toxins have been characterized.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004546

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