Comparison of phospholipase activity with direct and indirect lytic effects of animal venoms upon human red cells.
Comp Biochem Physiol B, 1979;64(2):231-4.
Sosa BP[1], Alagón AC, Possani LD, Juliá JZ
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PMID: 318305
Abstract
1. The venoms of 22 species of arthropods, saurians, elapids and crotalids were studied concerning the phospholipase activity and the presence of a direct and an indirect lytic effect upon human red cells. 2. The venoms from the spiders Latrodectus and "tarantula", and the venoms from the scorpions of the genus Centruroides are not haemolytic and do not have phospholipase activity. 3. Only the venoms of Apis mellifera and Naja naja siamensis have shown direct lytic effect. 4. All other venoms studied have an indirect haemolytic effect associated to a phospholipase activity, but there is indication that other agents might be implicated in the haemolytic processes.
MeSH terms
Animals; Arthropods; Erythrocytes; Hemolysis; Humans; In Vitro Techniques; Phospholipases; Snake Venoms; Solvents; Species Specificity; Venoms
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