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The procoagulant from Pseudonaja species : isolation and biochemical characterisation and comments on venom variability

Includes bibliographical references. The venom from the Australian brown snakes (Pseudonaja spp.) contains a strong procoagulant component that produces bleeding due to consumption of clotting factors in bite victims. Investigation of the role of phospholipid and calcium found neither was essential for activity, but calcium could shorten the clotting time.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/90797
Date January 1999
CreatorsWilliams, Vaughan Keith.
Source SetsAustraliasian Digital Theses Program
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
RelationSUA

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