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Crotalid Venoms
Pit Viper Venoms | Rattlesnake Venoms | Crotactin | Crotalid Venom | Crotalin | Crotaline Snake Venom | Crotalotoxin | Crotamin | Pit Viper Venom | Rattlesnake Venom | Snake Venom, Crotaline | Venom, Crotalid | Venom, Crotaline Snake | Venom, Pit Viper
Venoms from snakes of the subfamily Crotalinae or pit vipers, found mostly in the Americas. They include the rattlesnake, cottonmouth, fer-de-lance, bushmaster, and American copperhead. Their venoms contain nontoxic proteins, cardio-, hemo-, cyto-, and neurotoxins, and many enzymes, especially phospholipases A. Many of the toxins have been characterized. |
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