## Abstract Several secretory and nonsecretory enzymes were localized histochemically in the main venom gland of 13 viperid snakes. All secretory cells show the intracellular oxidative enzymes succinate dehydrogenase and monoamine oxidase. The granular reactions obtained for both enzymes resemble m
The accessory gland in the venom apparatus of viperid snakes
β Scribed by Carl Gans; Elazar Kochva
- Book ID
- 119002737
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1965
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 190 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0041-0101
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