| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 521 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Contents |
Reptile toxinology, systematics, and venom gland structure -- Reptile venom enzymes -- Reptile venom toxins -- Envenomation: occurrence, prevention, treatment |
| Summary |
Covers a broad range of topics relevant to a wide range of professionals including clinicians, biomedical researchers, herpetologists, and zoologists, as well as pharmacologists and evolutionary scientists. This book discusses phylogeny and gland structure, venom enzymes and toxins, non-protein venom components, and envenomation and its treatment |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Poisonous snakes -- Venom.
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Reptiles -- Venom
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Venom -- Physiological effect.
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Toxins.
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Dangerous reptiles.
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Reptiles.
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Snake Venoms
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Toxins, Biological
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Antivenins -- therapeutic use
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Reptiles
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Snake Bites -- therapy
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Reptiles
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Dangerous reptiles
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Poisonous snakes -- Venom
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Toxins
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Venom -- Physiological effect
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mackessy, Stephen P.
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| ISBN |
9781420008661 |
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1420008668 |
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9781466521179 |
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1466521171 |
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