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Respiratory Muscle Injury Following Acute Monocled Cobra (Naja kaouthia) Envenoming: Histopathological Study in Rat Diaphragm

Current Issues in Molecular Biology
Clinical symptoms of monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia) envenoming include the paralysis of extraocular muscles, local tissue necrosis and death through respiratory failure.
Wanida Chuaikhongthong, Wipapan Khimmaktong, Natyamee Thipthong, Nissara Lorthong, Janeyuth Chaisakul   +4 more
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Blindness from spitting cobra venom: Case report

, 2016
Spitting cobra is the name given to some snakes of the family of Elapidae, belonging to the genus Naja or Hemachatus that have the ability to spitt heir venom (up to 3m) to blind their predators. Naja mossambica is the most answered species in Africa.The 
Tapsoba, Y., Atipo-Tsiba, P. W.
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Experimental Study on Antidotal Activity of Musa × paradisiaca Linn. in Cobra Poison on Wistar Strain Albino Rats

Journal of Ayurveda
Introduction:Snake bite is an acute emergency which requires proper care and treatment. Today, the management of snake bites is done by administering anti-snake venom (ASV). The scarcity of ASV contributes to fatality. This scarcity of ASV is a result of
V. Revathy, S. Ravikrishna, Sudhakar Bhat, K. Sreejith, Chaithra Hebbar   +4 more
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Structural studies on the cobra venom factor: isolation, purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis

, 2001
Cobra venom factor (CVF) is the complement-activating protein in cobra venom. It is a three-chain glycoprotein with a molecular weight of 149 000 Da. In serum, CVF forms a bimolecular enzyme with the Bb subunit of factor B.
Rajendra Kumar Singh, Sujata Sharma, Vogel, C.-W., Talat Jabeen, Singh, R. K., Tej P. Singh, Sharma, S., Reinhard Bredhorst, Carl-Wilhelm Vogel, Christian Betzel, Singh, T. P., Bredhorst, R., Betzel, Ch., Jabeen, T.   +13 more
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Appendix files for the thesis "A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE INFLUENCE OF DEFENSIVE VENOM SPITTING ON THE COMPOSITION AND FUNCTION OF COBRA VENOMS"

, 2020
Appendix files for the thesis "A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE INFLUENCE OF DEFENSIVE VENOM SPITTING ON THE COMPOSITION AND FUNCTION OF COBRA VENOMS". Contains snake venom gland transcriptome data and snake venom proteome data taken from 17 species of ...
Kazandjian, Taline
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Evaluation of the Lethal Potency of Scorpion and Snake Venoms and Comparison between Intraperitoneal and Intravenous Injection Routes

Toxins, 2014
Scorpion stings and snake bites are major health hazards that lead to suffering of victims and high mortality. Thousands of injuries associated with such stings and bites of venomous animals occur every year worldwide.
Naoual Oukkache, Rachid Eljaoudi, Noreddine Ghalim, Fatima Chgoury, Balkiss Bouhaouala, Naima Elmdaghri, Jean-Marc Sabatier   +6 more
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High aryl acylamidase activity associated with cobra venom acetylcholinesterase: biological significance.

, 2009
Investigation of the non-classical functions of cholinesterases (ChEs) has been the subject of interest in the past three decades. One of which is aryl acylamidase (AAA) activity associated with ChEs, but characterized in in vitro, as an enzyme ...
Boopathy, Rathanam, Rajesh, Ramanna V., Layer, Paul G.   +2 more
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Restoration of adenosine deaminase, histamine, and IgE in organs of mice injected with cobra venom followed by specific treatment and reversal period

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2003
Adenosine deaminase (ADA), histamine, and IgE are endogenously present in animals. Research from this laboratory reported decreased levels of these substances in organs of mice as a consequence of sub-lethal injection of Naja kaouthia venom.
B. V. Lipps
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A peptide from Schumanniophyton-magnificum with anti-cobra venom activity

, 1992
Using the chick biventer cervicis preparation as a bioassay for antivenom activity, a peptide has been isolated from the aqueous extract of the bark of Schumanniophyton magnificum.
Houghton, PJ, Osibogun, I, Bansal, Sukhi
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Heparin and Derivatized Heparin Inhibit Cobra Venom Factor Activation of Complement in Serum

, 1994
Immunopharmacology, 27, 145-153,Note : if this item contains full text it may be a preprint, author manuscript, or a Gold OA copy that permits redistribution with a license such as CC BY.
Linhardt, Robert J., Bell, Cynthia S., Edens, R. Erik, Weiler, John M.   +3 more
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