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University of Costa Rica

EducationSan José, Costa Rica
About: University of Costa Rica is a education organization based out in San José, Costa Rica. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Venom. The organization has 9817 authors who have published 16781 publications receiving 238208 citations. The organization is also known as: UCR & Universidad de Costa Rica.
Topics: Population, Venom, Antivenom, Snake venom, Myotoxin


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TL;DR: It is concluded that neuwiedase, despite its lack of hemorrhagic effect when injected in the gastrocnemius muscle, contributes to local tissue damage by inducing edema, inflammatory infiltrate and mild myotoxicity, and by degrading extracellular matrix components.

71 citations

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TL;DR: The data summarized here for the PLA2-like myotoxins could provide a useful molecular basis for the search for novel neutralizing strategies to improve the treatment of envenomation by viperid snakes.

71 citations

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01 Oct 2001-Toxicon
TL;DR: It is suggested that reactive oxygen and nitrogen-derived species are involved in the pathogenesis of the local tissue damage characteristic of Bothrops sp envenomations.

71 citations

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TL;DR: The results suggest that promotion of health programs built on the influence of social environment, peers and family members, and self-efficacy may have a positive impact on the adolescents' food and physical activity patterns.

71 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors extracted 16 phenolic compounds from the pulp of ripe soursop fruits and separated them into two fractions by solid phase extraction using liquid chromatography with diode array and electrospray ionization mass spectrometric detection.

71 citations


Authors

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NameH-indexPapersCitations
Alberto Ascherio13646269578
Gervasio Gomez133184499695
Myron M. Levine12378960865
Hong-Cai Zhou11448966320
Edward O. Wilson10140689994
Mary Claire King10033647454
Olga Martín-Belloso8638423428
José María Gutiérrez8460726779
Cesare Montecucco8438227738
Rodolphe Clérac7850622604
Kim R. Dunbar7447020262
Paul J. Hanson7025119504
Hannia Campos6921015164
Jean-Pierre Gorvel6723115005
F. Albert Cotton66102327647
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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
202325
2022155
2021864
20201,009
2019894
2018834