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

The therapy of snakebite envenomation has been based on the parenteral administration of
animal-derived antivenoms. Despite the success of this treatment at reducing the impact of …

The Handbook of Venoms and Toxins of Reptiles offers" one-stop shopping" to all biologists,
biochemists, toxicologists, physicians, clinicians, and epidemiologists, and informed …

Envenomation by viperid snakes is characterized by systemic thrombotic syndrome and
prominent local inflammation. To date, the mechanisms underlying inflammation and blood …

Snake venom metalloproteinases (SVMPs) are widely distributed in snake venoms and play
important roles in hemostatic disorders and local tissue damage that follows snakebite. The …

Envenomations by the snake Bothrops asper are characterized by prominent local tissue
damage (ie myonecrosis), blistering, hemorrhage and edema. Various phospholipases A2 …

Metalloproteinases are abundant enzymes in crotaline and viperine snake venoms. They
are relevant in the pathophysiology of envenomation, being responsible for local and …

Snake venom metalloproteinases (SVMPs) are major components in most viperid venoms
that induce disturbances in the hemostatic system and tissues of animals envenomated by …

Various toxins isolated from Bothrops snake venoms induce inflammatory reactions and
have been claimed to contribute to the severity of local symptoms present in this …

Jararhagin is a snake venom metalloproteinase (SVMP) from Bothrops jararaca involved in
several hemostatic and inflammatory disorders that occur in human envenomings. In this …