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Nikolsky's viper
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English
Vipera nikolskii
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Etymology
Named after Alexander Nikolsky (1858–1942), Russian herpetologist.
Noun
A venomous viper, Vipera nikolskii species, endemic to Ukraine, eastern Romania and southwestern Russia.
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en 2022-06-10 Oliveira, A.L., Viegas, M.F., da Silva, S.L. et al. The chemistry of snake venom and its medicinal potential w:Nature Reviews Chemistry 6 10.1038/s41570-022-00393-7 463 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41570-022-00393-7 The PLA2s were purified from the venoms of the banded krait (Bungarus fasciatus), the steppe viper (Vipera renardi) and the Nikolsky’s viper (Vipera nikolskii). The most active was the heterodimeric PLA2 HDP-2 from the Nikolsky’s viper, which exhibited nanomolar virucidal activity. https://web.archive.org/web/20241207013946/https://www.nature.com/articles/s41570-022-00393-7 7 December 2024
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