ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: Pit Viper

ACMT Toxicology

The venom of the pictured creature causes tissue inflammation and necrosis through which of the following mechanisms:

  1. Alpha-bungarotoxin
  2. Alpha-latrotoxin
  3. Domoic acid
  4. Phospholipase A2

[Image by Vauxford via Wikimedia Commons]

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