Title
Preliminary studies of the effects of a Peruvian snake Bothrops pictus (jergon of the coast) venom upon fibrinogen
Date Issued
01 January 1988
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Olascoaga M.E.
Zavaleta A.
Marsh N.A.
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Publisher(s)
Elsevier
Abstract
M. E. Olascoaga, A. Zavaleta and N. A. Marsh. Preliminary studies of the effects of a Peruvian snake Bothrops pictus (jergon of the coast) venom upon fibrinogen. Toxicon26, 501 - 504, 1988. - Bothrops pictus (jergon of the coast) venom has a coagulant effect in vitro on both canine fibrinogen and on human and canine plasma, with a greater affinity for canine plasma. In vivo a single dose of venom produced partial defibrinogenation in conscious dogs, plasma fibrinogen being reduced to about 60% of control values after 6 hr. © 1988.
Start page
501
End page
504
Volume
26
Issue
5
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Parasitología Toxicología
DOI
10.1016/0041-0101(88)90189-4
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0023921225
PubMed ID
3188056
Source
Toxicon
ISSN of the container
0041-0101
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