Meanings
plural Nikolsky's vipers
- A venomous viper, Vipera nikolskii, endemic to Ukraine, eastern Romania, and southwestern Russia.
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.
2022 June 10, Oliveira, A.L., Viegas, M.F., da Silva, S.L. et al., “The chemistry of snake venom and its medicinal potential”, in Nature Reviews Chemistry, volume 6, →DOI, page 463Synonyms: Nikolsky's adder
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA venomous viper, Vipera nikolskii, endemic to Ukraine, eastern Romania, and southwestern Russia.
Origin
Named after Alexander Nikolsky (1858–1942), Russian herpetologist.
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