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Purine Compounds in Snake Venoms

Nature volume 177, pages 381–382 (1956)Cite this article

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Fischer and Dörfel1 identified adenosine in the venom of Bitis arietans and Dendraspis viridis in concentrations of 12 and 2.6 per cent of the dry weight respectively, and concluded it was a natural component of the fresh venom. In the venoms examined no other nucleoside was found; nucleotides were absent but traces of a guanine compound were not excluded. The present communication reports the identification and estimation of adenosine 3′-phosphate in addition to adenosine in some species of Australian snake venoms.

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DOERY, H. Purine Compounds in Snake Venoms. Nature 177, 381–382 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/177381a0

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