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Plant Biotechnology Journal, EarlyView.Summary Saffron apocarotenoids, including crocins, picrocrocin and safranal, are valuable metabolites with pharmaceutical and cosmetic potential. However, their natural plant sources are difficult to cultivate, which limits large‐scale production. The identification of carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases (CCDs), which catalyse the first and most critical ...
Maria Lobato‐Gómez +6 more
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Investigating Snake-Venom-Induced Dermonecrosis and Inflammation Using an Ex Vivo Human Skin Model
ToxinsSnakebite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease that causes >100,000 deaths and >400,000 cases of morbidity annually. Despite the use of mouse models, severe local envenoming, defined by morbidity-causing local tissue necrosis, remains poorly ...
Jaffer Alsolaiss +7 more
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Challenges in diagnosing and treating snakebites in a rural population of Tamil Nadu, India: the views of clinicians [PDF]
, 2017 Snakebites cause death, disability and economic devastation to their victims, people who live almost exclusively in rural areas. Annually an estimated two million venomous bites cause as many as 100,000 deaths worldwide as well as hundreds of thousands ...
Bicknell, Andrew B. +6 more
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Snakebite Envenoming Diagnosis and Diagnostics
Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 Snakebite envenoming is predominantly an occupational disease of the rural tropics, causing death or permanent disability to hundreds of thousands of victims annually.
Cecilie Knudsen +8 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020 BackgroundPublished information on snakebite is rare in Bhutan although remarkably higher number of snakebites and associated deaths are reported from other South Asian countries.Aims and methodologyStructured questionnaire was used to collect knowledge ...
Sunil Sapkota +3 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023 BackgroundSnakebite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease affecting deprived populations, and its burden is underestimated in some regions where patients prefer using traditional medicine, case reporting systems are deficient, or health systems are ...
Carlos Bravo-Vega +5 more
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Could Low‐Value Diagnostic Tests be Compounding Access Block? A Single‐Site, Cross‐Sectional Study
Emergency Medicine Australasia, Volume 37, Issue 4, August 2025.ABSTRACT Objective The study aimed to evaluate the prevalence and impact of low‐value diagnostic tests at a regional, major‐referral, mixed Emergency Department (ED). Methods A single‐site, cross‐sectional study was conducted at Townsville University Hospital in April 2022.
Heidi Walker +4 more
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Presentation, management, and outcome of snake-bite in two district hospitals in Ghana [PDF]
, 2014 Introduction: the burden of disease represented by snakebites is widely underestimated and often neglected public health problem in the tropics. There is insufficient epidemiological data to guide distribution of antivenin and proper management of ...
Adjei, George +9 more
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Hayati Journal of Biosciences, 2018 Snakebite envenomation in Indonesia is a health burden that receives no attention from stakeholders. The high mortality and morbidity rate caused by snakebite in Indonesia is estimated from regional reports.
Farid Rifaie, Tri Maharani, Amir Hamidy
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Priority Actions and Progress to Substantially and Sustainably Reduce the Mortality, Morbidity and Socioeconomic Burden of Tropical Snakebite [PDF]
, 2016 The deliberations and conclusions of a Hinxton Retreat convened in September 2015, entitled “Mechanisms to reverse the public health neglect of snakebite victims” are reported.
Gutiérrez, José María +1 more
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