Figure 1.
Reverse-phase HPLC profiles of 100 µg of B. arietans (Ghana) venom toxins (panel a). Toxins eluting in the different chromatographic peaks were reported in [26,27]. DISI, disintegrin; Kun, Kunitz-type inhibitor; PLA2, phospholipase A2; SerPro, serine proteinase; CTL, C-type lectin-like protein; PI- and PIII-SVMP, snake enom metalloproteinase of class PI and PIII, respectively. Panels b–i, not immunoretained venom fraction in 300 µL of immobilized (8 mg) EchiTAb-Plus-ICP® antivenom immunoaffinity columns incubated with increasing amounts (100–1500 μg), respectively, of venom proteins. Panels j and k, not immunoretained and retained venom fractions in a mock column run in parallel to the immunoaffinity columns as matrix control; panel l, specificity control, venom proteins retained in a control IgG column.