Accession Number:

AD0466949

Title:

DETOXIFICATION OF THE VENOMS OF THE RUSSELL'S VIPER (VIPERA RUSSELLII) AND WATER MOCCASIN (AGKISTRODON PISCIVORUS) BY PHOTOOXIDATION,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH LAB FORT KNOX KY

Personal Author(s):

• Kocholaty, Walter F.
• Ashley, Billy D.

Report Date:

1965-05-12

Pagination or Media Count:

8.0

Abstract:

Photooxidation of six venoms of domestic and foreign snakes resulted in the detoxification of all venoms. Immunization of rabbits with two of the detoxified venoms, Agkistrodon piscivorus and Vipera russellii, resulted in the production of antibodies which protected mice against the action of unaltered venom. Author

Descriptors:

• *IMMUNOLOGY
• PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS
• VENOMS
• VENOMS
• REPTILES
• PHOTOSENSITIVITY(BIOLOGICAL)
• IMMUNITY
• ANTIGENS
• ANTIBODIES
• OXIDATION
• TOXICITY
• ENZYMES
• BIOCHEMISTRY
• CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES
• BIOLOGICAL STAINS
• PATHOLOGY
• MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM
• RABBITS

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE