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Viperidae snake venom phospholipase A2 . Biochemical targets for the action of protein in the human blood circulatory system. Part 1 (review of literature)

Учёные записки Санкт-Петербургского государственного медицинского университета им. Акад. И.П. Павлова, 2022
Snake venoms have been fervently studied for decades for two reasons: 1) high death rate due to snake bites; 2) numerous components of snake venoms prove useful in medicine and treatment of diverse pathologies. Snake venom phospholipases A2 are among the
L. V. Galebskaya, L. V. Vasina, M. A. Galkin, Yu. V. Tarasova   +3 more
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Role of Phospholipases A2 in Vascular Relaxation and Sympatholytic Effects of Five Australian Brown Snake, Pseudonaja spp., Venoms in Rat Isolated Tissues

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, Timothy N. W. Jackson, Christine E. Wright   +2 more
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Snake bite in South Asia: a review [PDF]

, 2010
Snake bite is one of the most neglected public health issues in poor rural communities living in the tropics. Because of serious misreporting, the true worldwide burden of snake bite is not known.
Alirol, Emilie, Sharma Sanjib Kumar, Kuch, Ulrich, Sharma, Sanjib Kumar, Sanjib Kumar Sharma, Alirol Emilie, Bawaskar, Himmatrao Saluba, Emilie Alirol, François Chappuis, Kuch Ulrich, Ulrich Kuch, Himmatrao Saluba Bawaskar, Chappuis, François, Chappuis François, Bawaskar Himmatrao Saluba   +14 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, F Castro, E Jiménez, L Montealegre, A Castellanos, CA Cañas, M Arévalo-Herrera, S Herrera   +7 more
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Symposium on Snake Venom [PDF]

The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 1903
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Flexner, Simon, Longcope, Warfield T., Gay, F. P.   +2 more
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Do Antibiotics Potentiate Proteases in Hemotoxic Snake Venoms? [PDF]

Toxins (Basel), 2020
Antibiotics are often administered with antivenom following snakebite envenomings in order to avoid secondary bacterial infections. However, to this date, no studies have evaluated whether antibiotics may have undesirable potentiating effects on snake ...
Sørensen CV, Knudsen C, Auf dem Keller UAD, Kalogeropoulos K, Gutiérrez-Jiménez C, Pucca MB, Arantes EC, Bordon KCF, Laustsen AH.   +8 more
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Varespladib (LY315920) and Methyl Varespladib (LY333013) Abrogate or Delay Lethality Induced by Presynaptically Acting Neurotoxic Snake Venoms [PDF]

, 2020
The phospholipase A2 (PLA2) inhibitor Varespladib (LY315920) and its orally bioavailable prodrug, methyl-Varespladib (LY333013) inhibit PLA2 activity of a wide variety of snake venoms.
Bruno Lomonte, Williams, David J., Lewin, Matthew R., Matthew R. Lewin, José María Gutiérrez, Lomonte, Bruno, Gutiérrez, José María, David. J. Williams   +7 more
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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, Carolina A Nicolau, Pedro S Peixoto, Juliana L Bernardoni, Sâmella S Oliveira, José Antonio Portes-Junior, Rosa Helena V Mourão, Isa Lima-dos-Santos, Ida S Sano-Martins, Hipócrates M Chalkidis, Richard H Valente, Ana M Moura-da-Silva   +11 more
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Pharmacological aspects of Vipera xantina palestinae venom [PDF]

, 2011
In Israel, Vipera xantina palestinae (V.x.p.) is the most common venomous snake, accounting for several hundred cases of envenomation in humans and domestic animals every year, with a mortality rate of 0.5 to 2%.
Katzhendler, Jeoshua, Franziska T. Arlinghaus, Jeoshua Katzhendler, Cezary Marcinkiewicz, Philip Lazarovici, Arlinghaus, Franziska T., Johannes A. Eble, Lazarovici, Philip, Momic, Tatjana, Eble, Johannes A., Hadar Arien-Zakay, Marcinkiewicz, Cezary, Tatjana Momic, Arien-Zakay, Hadar, Arlinghaus, Franziska Therese   +14 more
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