About The Medical Condition Pit Viper Venoms

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Pit Viper Venoms

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Pit Viper Venoms Medical Condition

What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Pit Viper Venoms?

Venoms from snakes of the subfamily Crotalinae or pit vipers, found mostly in the Americas. They include the rattlesnake, cottonmouth, fer-de-lance, bushmaster, and American copperhead. Their venoms contain nontoxic proteins, cardio-, hemo-, cyto-, and neurotoxins, and many enzymes, especially phospholipases A. Many of the toxins have been characterized.

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