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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021 Human envenoming by Australian brown snakes (Pseudonaja spp.) may result in potentially life-threatening hypotension and subsequent cardiovascular collapse.
Nhi Thuc Vuong +2 more
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Snake Venoms in Cancer Therapy: Past, Present and Future
Toxins, 2018 Cancer is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and the discovery of new drugs for cancer therapy is one of the most important objectives for the pharmaceutical industry.
Li Li, Jianzhong Huang, Yao Lin
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Snake Venom: A Promising Source of Neurotoxins Targeting Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels
Toxins, 2023 The venom derived from various sources of snakes represents a vast collection of predominantly protein-based toxins that exhibit a wide range of biological actions, including but not limited to inflammation, pain, cytotoxicity, cardiotoxicity, and ...
Altaf K. AlShammari +2 more
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Biochemical comparison of venoms from young Colombian Crotalus durissus cumanensis and their parents
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2010 Crotalus durissus cumanensis, a rattlesnake endemic to Colombia and Venezuela, is considered one of the most lethal snake species in Latin America. The aim of the present study was to compare the protein content and biological activity of the venom ...
N Céspedes +7 more
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Symposium on Snake Venom [PDF]
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 1903 n ...
Flexner, Simon +2 more
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Medical Journal Armed Forces India, 2015 Snake venom ophthalmia is caused by venoms of spitting elapid and other snakes. The cobra is one of the most venomous snakes of genus Naja. There are more than 20 species of cobra like the King cobra of South Africa, Thailand, Burma, China, India, Malaysia, Philippines; the spitting cobra of Africa and parts of South East Asia; the Indian cobra found ...
Vijay Kumar, Sharma, V K, Baranwal
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Mass spectrometry in snake venom research
Acta Biologica Slovenica, 2022 Mass spectrometry allows rapid and reliable identification and characterisation of proteins and peptides in snake venoms. With the increasing availability of transcriptomic and genomic data, there is a growing database of protein sequences that is ...
Adrijana Leonardi
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Comparison of phylogeny, venom composition and neutralization by antivenom in diverse species of bothrops complex. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013 In Latin America, Bothrops snakes account for most snake bites in humans, and the recommended treatment is administration of multispecific Bothrops antivenom (SAB--soro antibotrópico).
Leijiane F Sousa +11 more
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Zoologica Africana, 1978 Comparative electrophoretic studies were conducted on the venom of the rinkals (Hemachatus haemachatus). Egyptian cobra Naja haje haje) and puffadder (Bills arietans). Considerable differences in electrophoretic characteristics were found between fresh venom and commercial venom samples from the same species of snake.
Willemse, GT, Hattingh, J.
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Full-Length Venom Protein cDNA Sequences from Venom-Derived mRNA: Exploring Compositional Variation and Adaptive Multigene Evolution. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016 Envenomation of humans by snakes is a complex and continuously evolving medical emergency, and treatment is made that much more difficult by the diverse biochemical composition of many venoms.
Cassandra M Modahl, Stephen P Mackessy
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