Detection and quantification of a β-neurotoxin (crotoxin homologs) in the venom of the rattlesnakes Crotalus simus, C. culminatus and C. tzabcan from Mexico

Snake venom may vary in composition and toxicity across the geographic distribution of a species. In the case of the three species of the Neotropical rattlesnakes Crotalus simus, C. culminatus and C. tzabcan recent research has revealed that their venoms can contain a neurotoxic component (crotoxin...

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Main Authors: Edgar Neri-Castro, Arely Hernández-Dávila, Alejandro Olvera-Rodríguez, Héctor Cardoso-Torres, Melisa Bénard-Valle, Elizabeth Bastiaans, Oswaldo López-Gutierrez, Alejandro Alagón
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-04-01
Series:Toxicon: X
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590171019300049