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 …

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

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2 (SARS‐COV‐2), a novel coronavirus
responsible for the recent infectious pandemic, is known to downregulate angiotensin …

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

Purpose The angiotensin converting enzyme-2 (ACE2)—entry receptor of SARS-CoV-2—
and its homologue, the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), play a pivotal role in …

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 …

Research performed in recent years indicates that efforts are still needed to understand the
advances in the Caatinga, an important dry seasonal forest, and identify its potential for …

In Colombia, South America, there is a subspecies of the South American rattlesnake
Crotalus durissus, C. d. cumanensis, a snake of the Viperidae family, whose presence has …

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