Immunological cross reactivity & paraspecificity of the scorpion Heterometrus bengalensis antivenom.
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em Inglês
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| ID: sea-19921
ABSTRACT
Immunological cross-reactivity and paraspecificity of scorpion H. bengalensis antivenom were studied to find out the intergeneric therapeutic relationship between the venom of other scorpions in West Bengal Buthus tamulus, Lychas laevifrons and Heterometrus swammerdami. Of these scorpions, Buthus tamulus and Lychas laevifrons failed to show any cross reactivity. However, H. swammerdami venom showed cross-reactivity with H. bengalensis antiserum as revealed from immunogeldiffusion and immunoelectrophoresis. This antiserum protected H. swammerdami venom-induced lethality in mice, blocked the contractile response in smooth muscles and antagonised the venom-induced neuromuscular blockade in rat phrenic nerve diaphragm and chick biventer cervicis.
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Assunto principal:
Ratos
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Venenos de Escorpião
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Antivenenos
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Reações Cruzadas
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Índia
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Animais
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Camundongos
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Músculo Liso
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Músculos
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Ano de publicação:
1989
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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