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Snake Venom
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by rattlesnake on May 13, 2002
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What is the chemical composition of snake venom? (In Rattlesnakes)
Where can I find a chemical structure of snake venom?
Also, what is the chemical structure and/ or makeup for antivenom?
could you please refer some scientific FREE sources (on the web) that I could use to research this topic?
If you can just give me evrything you know about snake venom's enzymes, proteins, etc.
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by Naja_oxiana on May 13, 2002
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Well now...this is a pretty broad question...
Crotalus venoms have a lot of different stuff in them. Specific componants have been shown to rupture the visceral contents of prey, others to cause hair to fall out. There's a lot of blood chemistry involved in most Crotalus venom and there are some B-neuros thrown in throughout the genera.
Antivenom....presently there is only one Antivenom for North American Crotalids, CroFAB by Protherics. Protherics hyperimmunizes sheep to the point where they are ina perpetual immune response to the venoms and then bleeds them and separates the blood. THe Lymphocytes and other immune componants are the antivenom while the red blood cells are disposed of.
I recomend Bryan Grieg Fry's International Venom and Toxins Database www.kingsnake.com/toxinology
Cheers
Roger
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by Naja_oxiana on May 13, 2002
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Wyeth no longer makes any antivenom. There are a few reasons for this, but I'm not able to get into that right now.
Cheers
Roger
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by TIMFRIEDE on May 15, 2002
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FREE, nothing is free. If you want to understand it as well as you described it, you'll need to spend some money, or you'll never get it. There is only so much you can get out of the cyber world, but there's so much more when you buy a good book. Go to a used bookstore and get a book on " protein", this will be a great start. Venom= protein, and antibodies= protein. Tim
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