Hemostasis-Modulating Proteins from Indian Elapid and Viper Snake Venom: Mechanistic Insights and Therapeutic Opportunities [PDF]
LifeSnake venom is a complex cocktail of biologically active proteins and peptides with highly specific physiological activities, yet its therapeutic potential remains largely unexplored.
Shanmugaraja Kiruthika +4 more
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Macroevolution in axial morphospace: innovations accompanying the transition to marine environments in elapid snakes [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2022 Sea snakes in the Hydrophis-Microcephalophis clade (Elapidae) show exceptional body shape variation along a continuum from similar forebody and hindbody girths, to dramatically reduced girths of the forebody relative to hindbody. The latter is associated
Emma Sherratt +5 more
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Are vipers prototypic fear-evoking snakes? A cross-cultural comparison of Somalis and Czechs [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 Snakes are known as highly fear-evoking animals, eliciting preferential attention and fast detection in humans. We examined the human fear response to snakes in the context of both current and evolutionary experiences, conducting our research in the ...
Daniel Frynta +11 more
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The Venom Proteome of the Ecologically Divergent Australian Elapid, Southern Death Adder Acanthophis antarcticus [PDF]
ToxinsThe composition of Australian snake venoms is the least well-known of any continent. We characterised the venom proteome of the southern death adder Acanthophis antarcticus—one of the world’s most morphologically and ecologically divergent elapids. Using
Theo Tasoulis +7 more
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Why Are Some Snakes More Terrifying and What Is Behind the Fear? [PDF]
AnimalsSnakes are stimuli inducing an ancestral fear response in humans and other primates. Certain snakes evoke more subjective fear than others. True vipers are high-fear-eliciting snakes for both African and European respondents. This can be explained by the
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Studying Venom Toxin Variation Using Accurate Masses from Liquid Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry Coupled with Bioinformatic Tools [PDF]
ToxinsThis study provides a new methodology for the rapid analysis of numerous venom samples in an automated fashion. Here, we use LC-MS (Liquid Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry) for venom separation and toxin analysis at the accurate mass level combined with ...
Luis L. Alonso +7 more
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Toxins, 2022 Snakebite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) that results from the injection of snake venom of a venomous snake into animals and humans.
Benedict C. Offor +2 more
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Toxins, 2022 Snakebite envenoming is a pathological condition which may occur in response to the injection of venom. Snake venoms contain a complex mixture of biologically active molecules which are responsible for a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations, ranging
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Challenges of managing viper envenomation
APIK Journal of Internal Medicine, 2022 The signs and symptoms following snakebite envenomation vary according to the type of snake encountered. Typically, Viperidae (vipers) envenomates with a hemotoxin causing coagulopathy and muscle breakdown, while elapids envenomate with a neurotoxin ...
Purvesh Agrawal, Nidhi Khandelwal
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Oral Bacteria and Their Antibiotic Susceptibilities in Taiwanese Venomous Snakes
Microorganisms, 2022 Wound infections after venomous snakebites are clinically important. Information regarding the nature and antibiotic susceptibilities of snake oral bacterial flora could support empiric antibiotic therapy.
Po-Chun Chuang +5 more
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