Abstract
The effect of irradiation of the aqueous solution of L. m. muta venom was evaluated with thermic neutrons from Uranium-235 employing doses of 1.61 to 5.19 Gray. The venom was examined for protein content by the Folin Lowry Method modified by Stauffer; for acute toxicity by intraperitoneal route estimation in mice and for immunochemical tests by the antigen-antibody reactions evaluation. Neutronic radiation affects all evaluated parameters in venom (decrease in protein content levels, increase of LD50 values and decrease in the number of precipitating antigen-antibody) as shown by immunodiffusion and immunoelectrophoresis.
| Translated title of the contribution | The effect neutron irradiation of Uranium 235 on the venom of Lachesis muta muta (Ofidia: Viperidae) |
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| Original language | Spanish |
| Pages (from-to) | 319-322 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Revista de biología tropical |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| State | Published - 1994 |
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