Vintage venoms: proteomic and pharmacological stability of snake venoms stored for up to eight decades

• Published in: Journal of Proteomics
• Main Authors: Jesupret, Clémence, Baumann, Kate, Jackson, Timothy N. W., Ali, Syed Abid, Yang, Daryl C., Greisman, Laura, Kern, Larissa, Steuten, Jessica, Jouiaei, Mahdokht, Casewell, Nicholas R., Undheim, Eivind A. B., Koludarov, Ivan, Debono, Jordan, Low, Dolyce H. W., Rossi, Sarah, Panagides, Nadya, Winter, Kelly, Ignjatovic, Vera, Summerhayes, Robyn, Jones, Alun, Nouwens, Amanda, Dunstan, Nathan, Hodgson, Wayne C., Winkel, Kenneth D., Monagle, Paul, Fry, Bryan Grieg
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2014
• Subjects: Venom; Protein; 1D gel; Mass spectrometry; Toxinology; Stability studies; 1303 Biochemistry; 1304 Biophysics; Babel; Flinders; King Island; Antarc*; antarcticus; Francis Island
• Online Access: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:323128/UQ323128OA.pdf; https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:323128

For over a century, venom samples from wild snakes have been collected and stored around the world. However, the quality of storage conditions for "vintage" venoms has rarely been assessed. The goal of this study was to determine whether such historical venom samples are still biochemicall...