Nature endowed snakes with a lethal secretion known as venom, which has been fine-tuned over millions of years of evolution. Snakes utilize venom to subdue their prey and to survive …
Snakebite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease that may claim over 100,000 human lives annually worldwide. Snakebite occurs as the result of an interaction between a human …
FG Amorim, TR Costa, D Baiwir, E De Pauw, L Quinton… - Toxins, 2018 - mdpi.com
Venom composition varies across snakes from all taxonomic levels and is influenced by the snakes' age, habitat, diet, and sexual dimorphism. The present study reports the first in …
EJ Dingwoke, FA Adamude, G Mohamed… - … and Biophysics Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Snakebite envenoming remains a neglected tropical disease which poses severe health hazard, especially for the rural inhabitants in Africa. In Nigeria, vipers are responsible for the …
Simple Summary Around the world, snake envenomation poses a serious health risk. Proteins with pharmacological effects are present in snake venom. Recent studies elaborate …
Calloselasma rhodostoma (CR) and Ophiophagus hannah (OH) are two medically important snakes found in Malaysia. While some studies have described the biological properties of …
The Malaysian mangrove pit viper (Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus, MTP) and the Thai white-lipped green pit viper (Trimeresurus albolabris, TTA) are both WHO medically …
FG Amorim, D Redureau, T Crasset, L Freuville… - Toxins, 2023 - mdpi.com
To improve the characterization of snake venom protein profiles, we report the application of a new generation of proteomic methodology to deeply characterize complex protein …
Feae's viper Azemipos feae belongs to the Azemiopinae subfamily of the Viperidae family. The effects of Viperidae venoms are mostly coagulopathic with limited neurotoxicity …