Alpha-type phospholipase A2 inhibitors from snake blood

Abstract It is of popular and scientific knowledge that toxins from snake venom (among them the PLA2 and myotoxins) are neutralized by various compounds, such as antibodies and proteins purified from animal blood. Venomous and nonvenomous snakes have PLA2 inhibitory proteins, called PLIs, in their b...

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Main Authors: Norival A. Santos-Filho, Claudia T. Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SciELO 2017-04-01
Series:Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992017000100203&lng=en&tlng=en