Vipers

Natter, /, adder, viper, -wurz, -wurzel, /, bistort, cuckoopint,... 

Fibrinolytic effecting protease enzyme with glycoprotein structure relative mol mass ca. 30000. Isolation from the poison secretion (venom) of Agkistrodon rhodostoma (malayan pit viper) with chromatographic purification. 

X Umbilical cord, joint, and muscle bleeding Prolonged PT and aPTT Normal thrombin time Prolonged Russel s viper venom Specific factor X assay... 

Nonetheless, the scent of snub-nosed vipers continues to alarm them just as it does their mainland relatives. Both lizard populations react with characteristic signs of stress, jumping abruptly here and there, alternately shaking their forelegs up and down, and lashing their tails from side to side. The century-long respite from predation has not dulled the island lizards inherited fear of snubnosed vipers. 

Like pit vipers and wall lizards, various mammals are also sensitive to a predator s scent. Oftentimes, their best defense is retreat, and so frightened deer and squirrels withdraw quickly when they... 

In the first phase of their research, Squibb tested a short-chain peptide isolated from the venom of the viper Bothrops jararaca, with which Vane was working in the laboratory, in human volunteers and showed that it did, indeed, inhibit the conversion of angiotensin I to angiotensin II after intravenous injection. The peptide was also shown to reduce blood pressure in patients when injected. Since the vast majority of peptides cannot be absorbed from the GI tract, Squibb scientists set out to prepare a nonpeptide compound that could be used orally and manufactured at acceptable cost. The design of a true peptidomimetic that became orally active had not been accomplished at that time. Squibb then carried out... 

Pattac, M., From viper s venom to drug design treating hypertension, FASEB /., 18, 421, 2004. 

One of the hrst angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors was teprotide. It is an antihypertensive drug for use after heart attacks. The active ingredient was isolated from the venom of a South American viper snake. Other well-known ACE inhibitors such as captopril and analopril were developed based on modifications to the venom chemical structures. 

Echium vulgare Blue Bedder Viper s bugloss... 

There were strange incidents that set everyone on edge. A bushmaster, most deadly of vipers, was killed near the village and brought back and shown around. Incidents Say rather omens or ominous events. One morning an enormous tarantula, the largest I... 

Lizard Fodarcis Viper Vipera latastei Spain Isla Columbreta van Damme and... 

Marchisin, A. (1980). Predator-prey interactions between snake-eating snakes and pit vipers. Ph.D. Thesis, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA. 

I locked the door behind her and escorted her into the atelier. The Maestro was scowling again. There are few people whose company he enjoys at all and he hates to be interrupted, so he ranks unexpected visitors with lice and vipers, even if they bring money with them. Violetta can be an exception because in her Minerva mode she is at least as brilliant as he is, and the idea of an educated woman fascinates him. I hoped she would be a welcome distraction for him in his present mood his expression suggested that he thought I had sent for her. 

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