FIGURE 3. Bioactivity of V. varius (Lace Monitor) venom.
From the following article:
Early evolution of the venom system in lizards and snakes
Bryan G. Fry, Nicolas Vidal, Janette A. Norman, Freek J. Vonk, Holger Scheib, S. F. Ryan Ramjan, Sanjaya Kuruppu, Kim Fung, S. Blair Hedges, Michael K. Richardson, Wayne. C. Hodgson, Vera Ignjatovic, Robyn Summerhayes and Elazar Kochva
Nature 439, 584-588 (2 February 2006)
doi:10.1038/nature04328

a, The effect of different molar concentrations of purified type III PLA2 toxin DQ139930 on platelet aggregation. The control was saline. Grey bars, 2
M ADP; black bars, 30
M adrenaline; white bars, 5
M adrenaline. b, Effect of intravenous injection of crude venom (1 mg kg-1) on blood pressure in the anaesthetized rat. c, d, Effect of crude venom (200
g ml-1) on U46619 precontracted endothelium-intact (c) and endothelium-denuded (d) aortic rings. n = 3; single traces are shown.
