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Colubrid Venom Composition: An -Omics Perspective
Toxins, 2016 Snake venoms have been subjected to increasingly sensitive analyses for well over 100 years, but most research has been restricted to front-fanged snakes, which actually represent a relatively small proportion of extant species of advanced snakes ...
Inácio L. M. Junqueira-de-Azevedo +3 more
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Organic and Peptidyl Constituents of Snake Venoms: The Picture Is Vastly More Complex Than We Imagined [PDF]
, 2018 Small metabolites and peptides in 17 snake venoms (Elapidae, Viperinae, and Crotalinae), were quantified using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. Each venom contains >900 metabolites and peptides.
Alejandro Villar-Briones +5 more
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Retrieving Your Concepts: Iris Murdoch on Original Sin
European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.Abstract In The Sovereignty of Good, Iris Murdoch argues that our moral thinking will be impoverished until it possesses a secular conception of original sin. Such a notion would need to remove unacceptable Christian baggage while retaining a genuine claim to be a descendant of the original Christian concept.
Samuel Filby
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International Journal of Cosmetic Science, EarlyView.The novel serum demonstrates significant anti‐skin aging effects, effectively improving static and dynamic wrinkles and skin texture. Therefore, this formulation holds promise as a safe and effective product in the field of anti‐wrinkle skincare products.
Mingjie Zhu +14 more
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Erythrocyte ‘Feierzeit’ reaction: Novel filamentous and vesicular response to n‐butyl acetate
Journal of Microscopy, EarlyView.Abstract Human erythrocytes (red blood cells; RBCs) undergo spontaneous disassembly after several hours of exposure to n‐butyl acetate (nBA). Images of the morphological changes were captured in time‐lapse sequences using differential interference contrast (DIC) light microscopy.
Philip W. Kuchel
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Effect of Vipera ammodytes ammodytes Snake Venom on the Human Cytokine Network
Toxins, 2018 Local inflammation is a well-known symptom of envenomation by snakes of the family Viperidae, attributed primarily to the phospholipase A2s, metalloproteinases and L-amino acid oxidases contained in their venom.
Francisc Boda +6 more
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The Professional Medical Journal, 2018 Introduction: Viperidae venoms contain toxins that are direct or indirectanticoagulants that inhibit the clotting pathway, therefore increasing the risk of bleeding. Severalvenoms from the families Viperidae contain proteolytic enzymes that exercise some effect on theblood coagulation process.
Hamid Mahmood +4 more
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Obesity and the Politics of Taddeo di Bartolo's Inferno
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines Taddeo di Bartolo's depiction of Hell in the Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta, the mother church of San Gimignano. In a striking departure from similar scenes of the period, the fresco, painted in the early fifteenth century, emphasizes the obesity of the sinners—suggesting a deliberate visual critique.
Stefania Roccas Gandal
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Human–Animal Comparisons: Supporting and Criticizing Female Subjugation in Renaissance Italy
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Studying gender history through an animal history lens, or vice versa, simultaneously increases our knowledge of ideas about gender and human–animal relations. This approach has particular merit for the Renaissance period, as it witnessed an upsurge in discourse about both the human–animal divide and the distinction between men and women.
Marlisa den Hartog
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Inhibition of Hemorragic Snake Venom Components: Old and New Approaches
, 2010 Snake venoms are complex toxin mixtures. Viperidae and Crotalidae venoms, which are hemotoxic, are responsible for most of the envenomations around the world.
Panfoli, Ravera, Calzia, Morelli
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