A COMPARATIVE-STUDY ON THE BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF VENOMS FROM JUVENILE AND ADULT COMMON TIGER SNAKE (NOTECHIS-SCUTATUS) VENOMS

Authors
TAN NH PONNUDURAI G MIRTSCHIN PJ
Citation
Nh. Tan et al., A COMPARATIVE-STUDY ON THE BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF VENOMS FROM JUVENILE AND ADULT COMMON TIGER SNAKE (NOTECHIS-SCUTATUS) VENOMS, Comparative biochemistry and physiology. B. Comparative biochemistry, 106(3), 1993, pp. 651-654
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. B. Comparative biochemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
03050491
Volume
106
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
651 - 654
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-0491(1993)106:3<651:ACOTBP>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
1. The biological properties of venoms from juvenile and adult common tiger snakes (Notechis scutatus) were compared. 2. The lethality, proc oagulant activity and enzymatic activities of the juvenile venom were not substantially different from those of the adult venom. 3. Electrop horetic studies, however, indicated some minor differences in the prot ein composition of the juvenile and adult venoms.