Animal venoms have evolved over millions of years for prey capture and defense from
predators and rivals. Snake venoms, in particular, have evolved a wide diversity of peptides …

Snake venoms are mixtures of numerous proteinacious components that exert diverse
functional activities on a variety of physiological targets. Because the toxic constituents …

Venomous snakebite is considered the single most important cause of human injury from
venomous animals worldwide. Coagulopathy is one of the commonest important systemic …

The development of snake antivenoms more than a century ago should have heralded
effective treatment of the scourge of snakebite envenoming in impoverished, mostly rural …

Venomic analysis of the venoms of Naja nigricollis, N. katiensis, N. nubiae, N. mossambica,
and N. pallida revealed similar compositional trends. The high content of cytotoxins and …

Fine-tuned by millions of years of evolution, snake venoms have frightened but also
fascinated humanity and nowadays they constitute potential resources for drug …

A deep understanding of the composition of venoms and of the principles governing the
evolution of venomous systems is of applied importance for exploring the enormous …

Snake venom toxins are responsible for causing severe pathology and toxicity following
envenomation including necrosis, apoptosis, neurotoxicity, myotoxicity, cardiotoxicity …

Many issues and complications in treating snakebite are a result of poor human social,
economic and clinical intervention and management. As such, there is scope for significant …

Background Envenomations by African snakes represent a high burden in the sub-Sahara
region. The design and fabrication of polyspecific antivenoms with a broader effectiveness …