The pharmacology of L. muta venom-induced hypotension was investigated in rats.
Nitric oxide has a protective role in venom-induced hypotension.
Arachidonic acid metabolites, kinins and cholinergic mechanisms are not involved.
SVSPs and SVMPs contribute to pulmonary thrombosis and SVSPs to venom lethality.
The NO/sGC/cGMP pathway is a major signaling pathway in venom-induced responses.