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Bothrops

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Noun1.Bothrops - fer-de-lance
reptile genus - a genus of reptiles
Crotalidae, family Crotalidae - New World vipers: pit vipers
Bothrops atrops, fer-de-lance - large extremely venomous pit viper of Central America and South America


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Baquting contains an enzyme obtained from the venom of the snake species Bothrops atrox.
In a study published last year in the Journal of Proteome Besearch, Calvete and colleagues found that venom from Bothrops asper pit vipers in Costa Rica differed depending on the population's geographical location.
Ferreira, "A Bradykinin-Potentiating Factor (BPF) Present in the Venom of Bothrops jararaca," Br.
 
 
 
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