Abstract
Enzyme activities tested in the venom gland extract of Azemiops feae snake are similar to those of viperine venoms, except that Azemiops venom has no blood clotting, haemorrhagic or myolytic activities. The venom gland exhibits the characteristic feature of a viperine gland, but the fangs possess a ridge at the tip laterally to the venom orifice and a blade-like structure on the back seen only in some opisthoglyphous and Atractaspidae snakes.
MeSH terms
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Amino Acid Oxidoreductases / metabolism
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Amino Acid Sequence
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Animals
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Bothrops / metabolism
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Bungarus / metabolism
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Chromogenic Compounds / chemistry
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Exocrine Glands / anatomy & histology
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Exocrine Glands / metabolism*
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Exocrine Glands / ultrastructure
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Hydrolysis
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L-Amino Acid Oxidase
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Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Oligopeptides / chemistry
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Oligopeptides / metabolism
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Phospholipases A / metabolism
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Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases / metabolism
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Prothrombin Time
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Tooth / ultrastructure
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Viper Venoms / enzymology*
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Viper Venoms / toxicity
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Viperidae / anatomy & histology*
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Viperidae / metabolism
Substances
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Chromogenic Compounds
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Oligopeptides
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Viper Venoms
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Val-Leu-Arg-p-nitroanilide
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prolyl-phenylalanyl-arginine-4-nitroanilide
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Amino Acid Oxidoreductases
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L-Amino Acid Oxidase
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Phospholipases A
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Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases