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Past, Present, and Future of Naturally Occurring Antimicrobials Related to Snake Venoms [PDF]
Machini M T, M A Sulca, Nancy Oguiura
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Comparative Snake Venom Analysis for Facilitating Wildlife Forensics: A Pilot Study
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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X Marks the Clot: Evolutionary and Clinical Implications of Divergences in Procoagulant Australian Elapid Snake Venoms. [PDF]
Australian elapid snakes possess potent procoagulant venoms, capable of inducing severe venom-induced consumption coagulopathy (VICC) in snakebite victims through rapid activation of the coagulation cascade by converting the FVII and prothrombin zymogens
Morecroft H +5 more
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Snakebite envenoming is an important public health issue with devastating consequences and annual mortality rates that range between 81,000 and 138,000.
Mátyás A. Bittenbinder +8 more
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The cytotoxicity caused by snake venoms is a serious medical problem that greatly contributes to the morbidity observed in snakebite patients. The cytotoxic components found in snake venoms belong to a variety of toxin classes and may cause cytotoxic ...
Eric Wachtel +8 more
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Suramin inhibits the early effects of PLA(2) neurotoxins at mouse neuromuscular junctions: a twitch tension study [PDF]
Several phospholipase A(2) (PLA(2)) neurotoxins from snake venoms can affect acetylcholine release at the neuromuscular junction. In isolated nerve-muscle preparations three distinct phases have been described for this phenomenon: An initial transient ...
Fathi, Behrooz +2 more
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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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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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At least 2000 persons are bitten by venomous snakes in the United States each year. This article reviews the diagnosis and management of bites from venomous snakes encountered in North America, but the same principles apply to management of snakebites elsewhere in the world.
Barry S, Gold +2 more
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Polyvalent Snake Antivenoms: Production Strategy and Their Therapeutic Benefits
Snake envenomation remains an important yet neglected medical problem in many countries, with around five million people affected, and over a hundred thousand deaths annually. Plasma-derived antivenoms are the main therapeutic agent available. Monovalent
Kavi Ratanabanangkoon
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