PLA2G2A and pancreatitis: To achieve this, animals were submitted to either sodium taurocholate (TAU) or phospholipase A2 (PLA2; from Naja mocambique mocambique venom) in the common bile duct, the former of which cause a severe haemorragic necrotizing pancreatitis [10] whereas the latter causes an edematous form of pancreatitis [11,12].