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Unresolvable Taxon:37195
(taxid:37195)
Venom composition
Figure 1: Composition of contortrix laticinctus venom, studied at proteomic level (
Lomonte, et al., 2014
). This venom contains the following families: SVMP (
venom metalloproteinase
), serine protease (
peptidase S1
), peptides (include tripeptide SVMP inhibitors and bradykinin-potentiating and bradykinin-inhibitory peptides), LAAO (
L-amino-acid oxidase (flavin monoamine oxidase)
),
disintegrin
,
snaclec
) (also known as C-type lectin-like),
NGF (-beta)
, PA2 (
phospholipase A2
).
Clinical Effects, Treatment, Antivenoms
See the
Clinical Toxinology Resources Website
.
Lethal dose
LD(50) of A.contortrix is
9.17 mg/kg by intraperitoneal injection and
10.17 mg/kg by intravenous injection (
Arce et al., 2003
).
Taxonomy
UniProt taxonomy
The Reptile database
Wikipedia
Infraorder
:
Serpentes
Family
:
Viperidae
Genus:
Agkistrodon
Activity
Cell adhesion impairing toxin
Hemostasis impairing toxin
Blood coagulation cascade activating toxin
Fibrinogenolytic toxin
Fibrinolytic toxin
Hemorrhagic toxin
Platelet agg. inhibiting toxin
Myotoxin
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Reference
Lomonte, et al., 2014