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Drug Discovery for Snakebite Envenoming: Wanderings Amid Historical Antidotes and Emerging Therapeutic Opportunities [PDF]
ChemMedChemIn this review, we provide an overview of selected historical antidotes against snakebite envenomation used in early modern Europe. Then, the evidence‐based antivenom activity of some natural compounds is discussed as resulting from more than two decades of research studies.
Bianconi E +3 more
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Swiss Medical Weekly, 2022 OBJECTIVE: The private keeping of exotic venomous snakes is legally permitted in Switzerland. The aim of the present study was to characterise the epidemiological and clinical features of bites by exotic venomous snakes over a period of 22 years in ...
Joan Fuchs +3 more
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Cerebral Complications of Snakebite Envenoming: Case Studies
Toxins, 2022 There are an estimated 5.4 million snakebite cases every year. People with snakebite envenoming suffer from severe complications, or even death. Although some review articles cover several topics of snakebite envenoming, a review of the cases regarding ...
Yu-Kai Huang +5 more
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British Journal of Anaesthesia, 1987 Four patients were admitted with respiratory muscle paralysis following an elapid snake bite. Two were treated with antivenine, repeated doses of neostigmine and artificial ventilation; the other two with artificial ventilation only. There was no clinically significant difference in recovery.
D K, Pawar, H, Singh
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Diplodactylus tessellatus Gunther, 1875 (Squamata: Diplodactylidae), Parasuta dwyeri Greer, 2006 and Suta suta Peters, 1863 (Squamata: Elapidae): distribution extension in the Murray catchment of New South Wales, South-eastern Australia [PDF]
Check List, 2011 We present new records of the Diplodactylid lizard Diplodactylus tessellatus and Elapid snakes Parasuta dwyeri and Suta suta for the Murray Catchment Management Area of New South Wales, south-eastern Australia.
Damian Michael, David Lindenmayer
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Elapid snake envenomation in horses: 52 cases (2006–2016) [PDF]
Equine Veterinary Journal, 2017 Summary Background Snake envenomation is a cause of morbidity and mortality in domestic animals worldwide. The clinical features of crotalid snake (pit viper) envenomation are widely reported and well described in horses but elapid snake envenomation is poorly characterised.
N. J. Bamford +6 more
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Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020 In this study, we report the first complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the Aquatic Coralsnake Micrurus surinamensis. The mitochondrial genome lengthis 17,375 bp, comprising 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA (12S and 16S) and 22 tRNA, as well as two ...
Anita de Moura Pessoa +7 more
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Toxins, 2010 The macromolecular enzyme complex prothrombinase serves an indispensable role in blood coagulation as it catalyzes the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin, a key regulatory enzyme in the formation of a blood clot.
Mettine H.A. Bos, Rodney M. Camire
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BMC Biology, 2023 Background Sea snakes underwent a complete transition from land to sea within the last ~ 15 million years, yet they remain a conspicuous gap in molecular studies of marine adaptation in vertebrates.
Alastair J. Ludington +4 more
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Toxins, 2021 Bites from elapid snakes typically result in neurotoxic symptoms in snakebite victims. Neurotoxins are, therefore, often the focus of research relating to understanding the pathogenesis of elapid bites.
Taline D. Kazandjian +7 more
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