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Prey specificity of predatory venoms

Biological Reviews, Volume 99, Issue 6, Page 2253-2273, December 2024.
ABSTRACT Venom represents a key adaptation of many venomous predators, allowing them to immobilise prey quickly through chemical rather than physical warfare. Evolutionary arms races between prey and a predator are believed to be the main factor influencing the potency and composition of predatory venoms.
Ondřej Michálek, Glenn F. King, Stano Pekár   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

In silico studies for the identification of lead phytocompounds as Naja nigricollis venom antidote from selected Nigerian anti-snake venom plants

Journal of BioScience and Biotechnology
Several plants used in traditional setting of Nigeria for the treatment of snake bites have been subjected to preliminary snake venom neutralization activity validation and some phytocompounds have been identified and isolated in their extracts.
Abdulhafiz Lamiya, Dayyabu Shehu, Adamu Alhassan, Maryam Dangambo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Anti-snake venom and analgesic activities of extracts and betulinic and oleanolic acids isolated from Parinari curatellifolia

Journal of Medicinal Plants for Economic Development, 2020
Background: Parinari curatellifolia is used in Nigeria by traditional medicine practitioners (TMPs) for the treatment of snakebite and other conditions.
Emmanuel Mshelia Halilu, Natasha October, Chinenye J. Ugwah-Oguejiofor, Amina Yusuf Jega, Mathias Sylvester Nefai   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

VenomCap: An exon‐capture probe set for the targeted sequencing of snake venom genes

Molecular Ecology Resources, Volume 24, Issue 8, November 2024.
Abstract Snake venoms are complex mixtures of toxic proteins that hold significant medical, pharmacological and evolutionary interest. To better understand the genetic diversity underlying snake venoms, we developed VenomCap, a novel exon‐capture probe set targeting toxin‐coding genes from a wide range of elapid snakes, with a particular focus on the ...
Scott L. Travers, Carl R. Hutter, Christopher C. Austin, Stephen C. Donnellan, Matthew D. Buehler, Christopher E. Ellison, Sara Ruane   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

First Look at the Venom of Naja ashei

Molecules, 2018
Naja ashei is an African spitting cobra species closely related to N. mossambica and N. nigricollis. It is known that the venom of N. ashei, like that of other African spitting cobras, mainly has cytotoxic effects, however data about its specific protein
Konrad Kamil Hus, Justyna Buczkowicz, Vladimír Petrilla, Monika Petrillová, Andrzej Łyskowski, Jaroslav Legáth, Aleksandra Bocian   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Single‐Batch Expression of an Experimental Recombinant Snakebite Antivenom Based on an Oligoclonal Mixture of Human Monoclonal Antibodies

Biotechnology Journal, Volume 19, Issue 10, October 2024.
Graphical Abstract and Lay Summary ABSTRACT Oligoclonal antibodies, which are carefully defined mixtures of monoclonal antibodies, are valuable for the treatment of complex diseases, such as infectionss and cancer. In addition to these areas of medicine, they could be utilized for the treatment of snakebite envenoming, where recombinantly produced ...
Anna C. Adams, Lise M. Grav, Shirin Ahmadi, Camilla Holst Dahl, Anne Ljungars, Andreas H. Laustsen, Lars K. Nielsen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

External release of entropy by synchronized movements of local secondary structures drives folding of a small, disulfide-bonded protein. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
A crucial mechanism to the formation of native, fully functional, 3D structures from local secondary structures is unraveled in this study. Through the introduction of various amino acid substitutions at four canonical β-turns in a three-fingered protein,
Atsushi Sato, Andre Menez
doaj   +1 more source

Kimboza, a Small Lowland Forest With an Outstanding Herpetofauna Diversity in East Africa

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 10, October 2024.
We provide a curated checklist of amphibians and reptiles in Kimboza Nature Forest Reserve (KNFR) in Tanzania based on the new intensive fieldwork and old survey information. The KNFR boasts the richest diversity per km2 in Tanzania and potentially the continent.
John V. Lyakurwa, Simon P. Loader, Wilirk Ngalason, Rikki Gumbs, Caleb Ofori‐Boateng, H. Christoph Liedtke   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Randomised controlled double-blind non-inferiority trial of two antivenoms for saw-scaled or carpet viper (Echis ocellatus) envenoming in Nigeria. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2010
BACKGROUND: In West Africa, envenoming by saw-scaled or carpet vipers (Echis ocellatus) causes great morbidity and mortality, but there is a crisis in supply of effective and affordable antivenom (ISRCTN01257358).
Isa S Abubakar, Saidu B Abubakar, Abdulrazaq G Habib, Abdulsalam Nasidi, Nandul Durfa, Peter O Yusuf, Solomon Larnyang, John Garnvwa, Elijah Sokomba, Lateef Salako, R David G Theakston, Ed Juszczak, Nicola Alder, David A Warrell   +13 more
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Naja nigricollis Reinhardt 1843

Naja nigricollis Reinhardt, 1843 Specimen. Guinea-Bissau: Bissao: BMNH 1867.7.23.16. Comments. Bocage (1895 a) considered three varieties of Naja nigricollis and coined var. occidentalis for some of his specimens from Angola and Guinea-Bissau. Bocage (1895 a) mentioned only a juvenile collected by Barahona (presumably Henrique César da Silva Barahona e
Parrinha, Diogo, Calado, Francisco M. G., Marques, Mariana P., Bauer, Aaron M., Ceríaco, Luis M. P.   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources