Antithrombotic effect of Lonomia obliqua caterpillar bristle extract on experimental venous thrombosis

The venom of Lonomia obliqua caterpillar may induce a hemorrhagic syndrome in humans, and blood incoagulability by afibrinogenemia when intravenously injected in laboratory animals. The possible antithrombotic and thrombolytic activities of L. obliqua caterpillar bristle extract (LOCBE) were evaluat...

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Main Authors: B.C. Prezoto, F.H.A. Maffei, L. Mattar, A.M. Chudzinski-Tavassi, P.R. Curi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2002-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2002000600011