Abstract
1. 1. The hemorrhagic, procoagulant, anticoagulant, phosphodiesterase, alkaline phosphomonoesterase, 5′-nucleotidase, hyaluronidase, arginine ester hydrolase, phospholipase A, l-amino acid oxidase and protease activities of 31 samples of venom from three species of Agkistrodon ( A. bilineatus, A. contortrix and A. piscivorus) and 10 venom samples from five other related species belonging to the same tribe of Agkistrodontini were examined. 2. 2. The results indicate that interspecific differences in certain biological activities of the Agkistrodon venoms are more marked than individual variations of the activities, and that these differences can be used for differentiation of the species. Particularly useful for this purpose are the phosphodiesterase, arginine ester hydrolase and anticoagulant activities of the venoms. 3. 3. Venoms of the subspecies of A. contortrix and A. piscivorus do not differ significantly in their biological activities.
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