Rattlesnake Crotalus molossus nigrescens venom induces oxidative stress on human erythrocytes

Rattlesnake Crotalus molossus nigrescens venom induces oxidative stress on human erythrocytes

Abstract Background Globally, snake envenomation is a well-known cause of death and morbidity. In many cases of snakebite, myonecrosis, dermonecrosis, hemorrhage and neurotoxicity are present. Some of these symptoms may be provoked by the envenomation itself, but others are secondary effects of the...

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Main Authors: David Meléndez-Martínez, Juan Manuel Muñoz, Guillermo Barraza-Garza, Martha Sandra Cruz-Peréz, Ana Gatica-Colima, Emilio Alvarez-Parrilla, Luis Fernando Plenge-Tellechea
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SciELO 2017-04-01
Series:Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases
Subjects:
Attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
Crotalus molossus nigrescens
Venom
Snake venom
Methemoglobin
Oxidative stress
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40409-017-0114-y

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