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Individual venom variability in Crotalus durissus ruruima snakes, a subspecies of Crotalus durissus from the Amazonian region |
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| Authors: | Maria Cristina Dos-Santos, Eduardo Borgesde Assis, Th mis Desir Moreira, Janete Pinheiro,Consuelo Latorre Fortes-Dias |
| Affiliation: | aLaboratório de Imunologia, Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Av. Rodrigo Octávio Jordão Ramos 3.000, CEP 69077-000 Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. bCentro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento, Fundação Ezequiel Dias (FUNED), R. Conde Pereira Carneiro 80, CEP 30510-010, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. |
| Abstract: | Venoms of six specimens of Crotalus durissus ruruima snakes from the same geographical site in the Brazilian State of Roraima, were individually assayed for their main pharmacological properties. Quantitative and qualitative differences were found and the presence of crotoxin-like isoforms in these venoms was indicated. Our findings corroborate the existence of a considerable intrapopulational variability in C. d. ruruima venoms, and the importance of using a pool of venoms for antivenom production, in general, in order to assure the neutralization of the maximum possible number of toxins from a given species. |
| Keywords: | Crotalus durissus Crotalus durissus ruruima Venom variability Crotoxin |
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