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 …

Hypertension is considered a major public health issue due to its high prevalence and
subsequent risk of cardiovascular and kidney diseases. Thus, the search for new …

Background The explosive radiation and diversification of the advanced snakes (superfamily
Colubroidea) was associated with changes in all aspects of the shared venom system …

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

Snake venoms are natural sources of biologically active molecules that are able to act
selectively and specifically on different cellular targets, modulating physiological functions …

Despite the unparalleled diversity of venomous snakes in Australia, research has
concentrated on a handful of medically significant species and even of these very few toxins …

Snake venoms, as complex mixtures of peptides and proteins, affect various vital systems of
the organism. One of the main targets of the toxic components from snake venoms is the …

The specificity and potency of venom components give them a unique advantage in
developing various pharmaceutical drugs. Though venom is a cocktail of proteins, rarely are …

Venom components are invaluable in biomedical research owing to their specificity and
potency. Many of these components exist in two genera of rattlesnakes, Crotalus and …

Ischemic heart disease (IHD), especially myocardial infarction (MI), is a leading cause of
death worldwide. Although coronary reperfusion is the most straightforward treatment for …