Snakebite accidents are considered serious public health problems. They are often
neglected, and individuals who have received insufficient treatment are subjected to various …

Snakebite envenoming represents a major health problem in tropical and subtropical
countries. Considering the elevated number of accidents and high morbidity and mortality …

The human body has a set of physiological processes, known as hemostasis, which keeps
the blood fluid and free of clots in normal vessels; in the case of vascular injury, this process …

This work shows the antitumoral effects of BnSP-6, a Lys 49 PLA 2 isolated from Bothrops
pauloensis venom, on human breast cancer MDA-MB-231 cells. BnSP-6 caused a dose …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) following snakebite is common in developing countries and
Bothrops genus is the main group of snakes in Latin America. To evaluate the pathogenic …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent
responsible for the Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, has infected over 185 …

The mechanisms of pathogenesis of acute kidney injury (AKI) in snakebites is multifactorial
and involves hemodynamic disturbances, with release of free radical causing cytotoxic …

Background Snake venoms are complex mixtures of inorganic and organic components,
mainly proteins and peptides. Standardization of methods for isolating bioactive molecules …

The venom of Micrurus lemniscatus, a coral snake of wide geographical distribution in South
America, was fractionated by reverse-phase HPLC and the fractions screened for …

This work used eleven Peruvian snake venoms (Bothrops andianus, Bothrops atrox,
Bothrops barnetti, Bothrops castelnaudi, Bothriopsis chloromelas, Bothrocophias …