The fascination and fear of snakes dates back to time immemorial, with the first scientific
treatise on snakebite envenoming, the Brooklyn Medical Papyrus, dating from ancient Egypt …

Animal venoms are used as defense mechanisms or to immobilize and digest prey. In fact,
venoms are complex mixtures of enzymatic and non-enzymatic components with specific …

Snakes are fascinating creatures and have been residents of this planet well before ancient
humans dwelled the earth. Venomous snakes have been a figure of fear, and cause notable …

Snake venoms are recognized here as a grossly under‐explored resource in
pharmacological prospecting. Discoveries in snake systematics demonstrate that former …

Snake bitc injuries and dcath arc socio-mcdical problcms of considcrablc magnilUdc. In
India a large number or pcoplc sufTcr and die evcry year duc to snakc vcnom poisoning …

Snake venom is not composed of single compounds but is a complex mixture of proteins. It
is not known exactly how many proteins are present in a venom, but it probably consists of …

Snake venoms are complex mixtures of small molecules and peptides/proteins, and most of
them display certain kinds of bioactivities. They include neurotoxic, cytotoxic, cardiotoxic …

The snake is the symbol of medicine due to its association with Asclepius, the Greek God of
medicine, and so with good reasons. More than 725 species of venomous snakes have …

Snake envenomation is a socio-medical problem of considerable magnitude. About 2.5
million people are bitten by snakes annually, more than 100,000 fatally. However, although …

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are considered as a major cause of death worldwide.
Therefore, identifying and developing therapeutic strategies to treat and reduce the …