Medicinal plants with inhibitory properties against snake venoms

AM Soares, FK Ticli, S Marcussi… - Current Medicinal …, 2005 - ingentaconnect.com
Envenomations due to snake bites are commonly treated by parenteral administration of
horse or sheep-derived polyclonal antivenoms aimed at the neutralization of toxins …

Perspective on the therapeutics of anti-snake venom

I Gómez-Betancur, V Gogineni, A Salazar-Ospina… - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Snakebite envenomation is a life-threatening disease that was recently re-included as a
neglected tropical disease (NTD), affecting millions of people in tropical and subtropical …

Rosmarinic acid, a new snake venom phospholipase A2 inhibitor from Cordia verbenacea (Boraginaceae): antiserum action potentiation and molecular interaction

FK Ticli, LIS Hage, RS Cambraia, PS Pereira, ÂJ Magro… - Toxicon, 2005 - Elsevier
Many plants are used in traditional medicine as active agents against various effects
induced by snakebite. The methanolic extract from Cordia verbenacea (Cv) significantly …

Plant-derived toxin inhibitors as potential candidates to complement antivenom treatment in snakebite envenomations

AAX Adrião, AO Dos Santos, EJSP de Lima… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Snakebite envenomations (SBEs) are a neglected medical condition of global importance
that mainly affect the tropical and subtropical regions. Clinical manifestations include pain …

Kenyan medicinal plants used as antivenin: a comparison of plant usage

BO Owuor, DP Kisangau - Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine, 2006 - Springer
The success of snake bite healers is vaguely understood in Kenya, partly due to their
unknown materia medica and occult-mystical nature of their practice. A comparison is made …

Major Bioactive Alkaloids and Biological Activities of Tabernaemontana Species (Apocynaceae)

CM Naidoo, Y Naidoo, YH Dewir, HN Murthy… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Several species belonging to the genus Tabernaemontana have been well researched and
utilized for their wide-ranging biological activities. A few of the most prominent species …

Snake Venom PLA2s Inhibitors Isolated from Brazilian Plants: Synthetic and Natural Molecules

BMA Carvalho, JDL Santos, BM Xavier… - BioMed Research …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Inhibitory effects of Piper umbellatum and Piper peltatum extracts towards myotoxic phospholipases A2 from Bothrops snake venoms: isolation of 4-nerolidylcatechol …

V Núñez, V Castro, R Murillo, LA Ponce-Soto, I Merfort… - Phytochemistry, 2005 - Elsevier
Phospholipases A2 (PLA2) are important constituents of snake venoms, being responsible
for several of their toxic actions. Extracts from plants used in folk medicine were screened for …

HPLC analysis and antimicrobial, antimycobacterial and antiviral activities of Tabernaemontana catharinensis A. DC

AA Boligon, M Piana, TF Kubiça, DN Mario… - Journal of Applied …, 2015 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial, antimycobacterial and antiviral activities of crude extracts, fractions and
subfractions of Tabernaemontana catharinensis were evaluated. Best antimicrobial results …

Neo-clerodane diterpenoid, a new metalloprotease snake venom inhibitor from Baccharis trimera (Asteraceae): anti-proteolytic and anti-hemorrhagic properties

AH Januário, SL Santos, S Marcussi, MV Mazzi… - Chemico-biological …, 2004 - Elsevier
Many plants are used in traditional medicine as active agents against various effects
induced by snakebite. Few attempts have been made however to identify the nature of plant …