Características bioquímicas y acción biológica de una hemorragina del veneno de Bothrops brazili

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: To characterize a hemorrhagic protein from Bothrops brazili snake venom and to determi- ne if the polyvalent antibotropic serum is able to neutralize it. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A hemorrhagic protein from Bothrops brazili snake venom was purified through two chromatographical steps: Sephadex G-100 and CM Sephadex C-50, respectively, using 0,05M ammonium acetate buffer pH 7. In the last