Crotalid Venoms
MESHD003435
Venoms from snakes of the subfamily Crotalinae or pit vipers, found mostly in the Americas. They include the rattlesnake, cottonmouth, fer-de-lance, bushmaster, and American copperhead. Their venoms contain nontoxic proteins, cardio-, hemo-, cyto-, and neurotoxins, and many enzymes, especially phospholipases A. Many of the toxins have been characterized.
Synonyms
- Venoms, Crotalid
- Crotalid Venom
- Venom, Crotalid
- Pit Viper Venom
- Venom, Pit Viper
- Viper Venom, Pit
- Pit Viper Venoms
- Venoms, Pit Viper
- Crotalidae Venoms
- Venoms, Crotalidae
- Rattlesnake Venoms
- Venoms, Rattlesnake
- Rattlesnake Venom
- Venom, Rattlesnake
- Crotactin
- Crotalin
- Crotaline Snake Venom
- Snake Venom, Crotaline
- Venom, Crotaline Snake
- Crotalotoxin
- Crotamin
- Bothrops Venom
- Venom, Bothrops
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