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  General Venom Terms Glossary

The following glossary outlines abbreviations used throughout venom databases contained within this website:

D - change

® - Registered name

µg – micrograms

µl – microlitres

µmol – micromole

^  - To the power of

` - prime

~ - approximate

“ – double prime

AA – Amino acid

ACh – acetylcholine

ADP – adenosine diphosphate

BAEE – benzoyl arginine ethyl ester

BApNA – benzoyl arginine methyl p-nitroanilide

BChE – butyrychlolineesterase

bpm – beats per minute

cc – cubic centimetres

cDNA – cloned deoxyribonucleic acid

CNS – Central nervous system

cpm – counts per minute

Cys – cysteine residue

Da – daltons

DFP – diisopropyl fluorophosphate

ED50 – effective dose required to have a described effect on 50% of experimental animals

EDTA – ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid

ELISA – enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

GLP – glycogen-like peptide

i.c – intracerebrally unless otherwise stated

i.m – intramuscularly

i.p – intraperitoneally

i.v – intravenously

kDa – kilodaltons

kg – kilograms

LD – lethal dose

LD50 – lethal dose required to kill 50% of experimental animals

LYSME – lysine methyl ester

mg – milligrams

mg/dL – milligrams per decilitre

MHD – minimum haemorrhagic dose

mM – millimolar

Mol. Wt. – molecular weight

nAChR – noradrenaline acetylcholine receptors

nm – nanograms

nmol – nanomole

PAF – platelet activating factor

PDE – phosphodiesterase

pI – isoelectric point

PLA – phospholipases

pmol - picamole

PMSF – phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride

ppm – parts per million

PSF – pancreatic secretory factor

RVVC – Russell’s Viper Venom Coagulant

s.c - subcutaneous

SDPAGE – sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis

sp – species single

spp – species plural

ssp – subspecies

Syn – synonym

TAME – tert-amyl methyl ether

U/L – units per litre

w/v – weight by volume

w/w – The mass of the substance is a percentage of the total mass of the solution or the mixture. 

The following should also be noted when reading information contained within venom databases on this website:

Italics for scientific nomenclature can’t be displayed and are not italicised.

An absence of superscripting and subscripting in some instances.