Enzymatic activity and brine shrimp lethality of venom from the large brown spitting cobra (Naja ashei) and its neutralization by antivenom

OBJECTIVE: Naja ashei is a snake of medical importance in Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, and Tanzania. Little is known about the enzymatic (snake venom phospholipases A(2); svPLA(2)’s) and toxic (lethal) activities of N. ashei venom and crucially, the safety and capacity of available antivenom to...

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Autores principales: Okumu, Mitchel Otieno, Mbaria, James Mucunu, Gikunju, Joseph Kangangi, Mbuthia, Paul Gichohi, Madadi, Vincent Odongo, Ochola, Francis Okumu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Research Note
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7339482/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32631407
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-020-05167-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7339482/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32631407
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-020-05167-2

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