Ethnopharmacological relevance Oxalis corniculata L is a medicinal plant that belongs to
the Oxalidaceae family. It is a little, slow-growing plant with a frail appearance typically found …

Varespladib (VPL) was primarily developed to treat inflammatory disturbances associated
with high levels of serum phospholipase A2 (PLA2). VPL has also demonstrated to be a …

Several plant extracts rich in pharmacologically active compounds have shown to
antagonize venom of several species. Mangifera indica has been used against snakebite by …

The biflavonoid morelloflavone has been reported as inhibitor of secretory PLA 2 s
(phospholipases A 2 from human synovial and bee venom sources); however, its capacity to …

Snake venom is a complex cocktail of toxins which induces a series of clinical and
pathophysiological manifestations in victims, including severe local tissue damage and …

Pinostrobin is a flavanone isolated from Renealmia alpinia, a plant used in folk medicine to
treat snakebites. We tested the inhibitory ability of pinostrobin on the enzymatic …

The present study describes the purification and partial characterization of a basic
anticoagulant PLA2 enzyme named as Rv (i) PLA2 from the venom of Indian Daboia russelii …

Ophidian envenomation is an important health problem in Brazil and other South American
countries. In folk medicine, especially in developing countries, several vegetal species are …

Flavonoids are potent anti-inflammatory compounds isolated from several plant extracts, and
have been used experimentally against inflammatory processes. In this work, a PLA2 …

Medicinal plants have always been used for snakebite treatment by traditional healers but
they lack scientific evidence of action. However secondary metabolites of such plants have …