A NEW ANTIVENOM TO TREAT EASTERN CORAL SNAKE (MICRURUS-FULVIUS FULVIUS) ENVENOMING

Authors
RAWAT S LAING G SMITH DC THEAKSTON D LANDON J
Citation
S. Rawat et al., A NEW ANTIVENOM TO TREAT EASTERN CORAL SNAKE (MICRURUS-FULVIUS FULVIUS) ENVENOMING, Toxicon, 32(2), 1994, pp. 185-190
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Toxicology,"Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Journal title
Toxicon → ACNP
ISSN journal
00410101
Volume
32
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
185 - 190
Database
ISI
SICI code
0041-0101(1994)32:2<185:ANATTE>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
An Fab based ovine antivenom has been prepared and compared both in vi tro and in vivo with two commercial preparations. The product was foun d to be at least four times more effective on a weight basis. The incr eased potency, combined with the low incidence of side-effects associa ted with ovine Fab, should result in a safer, more effective antivenom .