The Natural Repertory of Prof. William Nelson

Key:
Distribution of Hemorrhagic, Lethal and Proteolytic Activities
in Snake Venoms
Snake Venom
A: Agkistrodon
C: Crotalus
T: Trimeresurus
(Ohsaka, A. et al., 1960)
Hemorrhagic
activity
MHD(μg)
247
Lethal
activity
LD50(μg)
Proteolytic
activity
(units/mg)
LD50
/
MHD
A. contortrix
contortrix
1.90 200 33.7 105
A. contortrix mokasen 1.20 125 48.1 104
A. piscivorus
piscivorus
0.80 60.0 41.5 75
A. halys 0.14 16.0 35.8 114
Bothrops atrox 2.11 5.6 44.5 2.7
Bothrops jararaca 0.75 18.5 74.0 25
C. adamanteus 0.04 18.5 9.76 462
C. atrox 0.43 45.0 83.6 105
C. durissus terrificus 18.0 3.6 39.2 0.2
C. viridis viridis 0.56 21.0 39.5 38
T. flavoviridis 0.20 54.0 33.0 270
T. flavoviridis
tokarensis
1.15 160 37.8 139
T. elegans 0.30 71.0 13.0 237
T. okinavensis 1.38 140 69.0 102
Vipera russellii 21.0 2.2 5.56 0.1
Vipera ammodytes 0.47 7.4 41.7 16
Vipera palestinae 0.54 7.1 4.96 13
Cuasus rhombeatus 0.81 › 250 0.26 › 309
Bitis arietans 0.15 15.0 18.7 100
Bitis gabonica 0.04 13.5 11.7 338
Ophiophagus hannah 0.84 54.0 12.0 64
Bungarus fasciatus › 100 a 18.5 0.06 ‹ 0.18
Naja melanoleuca 100 6.0 7.00 ‹ 0.06
Naja naja atra › 100 a 8.0 0.12 ‹ 0.08
Naja naja 100 5.6 2.85 ‹ 0.06