Comparative Snake Venom Analysis for Facilitating Wildlife Forensics: A Pilot Study [PDF]
Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry, 2022 Confirm and authentic identification of species is required for the implementation of wildlife laws in cases of illegal trafficking of snake venoms. Illegally trafficked snake venom might be misidentified with other drugs of abuse, and sometimes, the ...
Saurabh Bhargava +3 more
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Elapid Snake Venom Analyses Show the Specificity of the Peptide Composition at the Level of Genera Naja and Notechis [PDF]
Toxins, 2014 Elapid snake venom is a highly valuable, but till now mainly unexplored, source of pharmacologically important peptides. We analyzed the peptide fractions with molecular masses up to 10 kDa of two elapid snake venoms—that of the African cobra, N.
Aisha Munawar +10 more
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Differential Effects of Marimastat and Prinomastat on the Metalloprotease Activity of Various Snake Venoms [PDF]
ToxinsSnakebite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease, responsible for approximately 140,000 deaths globally each year. Vipers and elapid snakes represent the most significant snake families in medical contexts, exhibiting a variety of venom components ...
Mahtab Khatibi +6 more
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Antiprotozoal Effect of Snake Venoms and Their Fractions: A Systematic Review [PDF]
Pathogens, 2021 Background: Protozoal infection is a lingering public health issue of great concern, despite efforts to produce drugs and vaccines against it. Recent breakthrough research has discovered alternative antiprotozoal agents encompassing the use of snake ...
Zainab U. Abdullahi +3 more
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Development of a high-throughput in vitro screening method for the assessment of cell-damaging activities of snake venoms. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023 Snakebite envenoming is a globally important public health issue that has devastating consequences on human health and well-being, with annual mortality rates between 81,000 and 138,000.
Matyas A Bittenbinder +8 more
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Two-Dimensional Blue Native/SDS Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis for Analysis of Brazilian Bothrops Snake Venoms [PDF]
Toxins, 2022 Viperidae snakes are the most important agents of snakebites in Brazil. The protein composition of snake venoms has been frequently analyzed by means of electrophoretic techniques, but the interaction of proteins in venoms has barely been addressed.
Natacha Ferreira de Oliveira +2 more
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Knowledge about Snake Venoms and Toxins from Colombia: A Systematic Review [PDF]
Toxins, 2023 Colombia encompasses three mountain ranges that divide the country into five natural regions: Andes, Pacific, Caribbean, Amazon, and Orinoquia. These regions offer an impressive range of climates, altitudes, and landscapes, which lead to a high snake ...
Jaime Andrés Pereañez +2 more
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A Review of the Proteomic Profiling of African Viperidae and Elapidae Snake Venoms and Their Antivenom Neutralisation [PDF]
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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Qualitative Analysis of Proteins in Two Snake Venoms, Gloydius Blomhoffii and Agkistrodon Acutus [PDF]
Journal of Pharmacopuncture, 2022 Objectives: Snake venom is a complex mixture of various pharmacologically active substances, such as small proteins, peptides, and organic and mineral components.
Su-Jeong Ha +6 more
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Effect of Vipera ammodytes ammodytes Snake Venom on the Human Cytokine Network [PDF]
Toxins, 2018 Local inflammation is a well-known symptom of envenomation by snakes of the family Viperidae, attributed primarily to the phospholipase A2s, metalloproteinases and L-amino acid oxidases contained in their venom.
Francisc Boda +6 more
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