title: Preliminary studies on the venom of the Chinese snake Azemiops feae, Boulenger (Fea's viper).
abstract: Fea's viper (Azemiops feae) produces a venom which is highly toxic to mice when injected by the s.c. or i.v. routes. The i.v. LD50 of Azemiops venom for Swiss-Webster laboratory mice is 0.52 mg/kg. Azemiops venom produces no hemorrhagic activity in mice or rabbits. Immunodiffusion indicates that some fractions of Azemiops venom are antigenically related to viperid, elapid and crotalid venoms. SDS-PAGE electrophoresis reveals that this venom contains as many as 22 proteinaceous components.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005779:Immunodiffusion; D007928:Lethal Dose 50; D051379:Mice; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011506:Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D011817:Rabbits; D014757:Viper Venoms / Q000276:immunology / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: C049424:Azemiops feae venom; D011506:Proteins; D014757:Viper Venoms