Antibacterial properties of snake venom components

Snake Venom, Anti-snake Venom & Potential of Snake Venom

Many active secretions produced by animals have been employed in the development of new drugs to treat diseases such as hypertension and cancer. Snake venom toxins contributed significantly to the treatment of many medical conditions. Venomous snakes have a bad reputation and rightly so because of their often deadly bites. But what makes a snake’s bite so deadly is the venom. Of the 3000 snake ...

Inhibition of Hemorragic Snake Venom Components: Old and New Approaches

Snake venoms are complex toxin mixtures. Viperidae and Crotalidae venoms, which are hemotoxic, are responsible for most of the envenomations around the world. Administration of antivenins aimed at the neutralization of toxins in humans is prone to potential risks. Neutralization of snake venom toxins has been achieved through different approaches: plant extracts have been utilized in etnomedici...

Pharmacokinetics of Snake Venom

Understanding snake venom pharmacokinetics is essential for developing risk assessment strategies and determining the optimal dose and timing of antivenom required to bind all venom in snakebite patients. This review aims to explore the current knowledge of snake venom pharmacokinetics in animals and humans. Literature searches were conducted using EMBASE (1974-present) and Medline (1946-presen...

Snake Venom in Therapeutics

Snake venom ophthalmia

Snake venom ophthalmia is an acute reaction of the ocular surface tissues to venom ejected into the eyes of spitting cobra victims. The condition is uncommon and the victim may be frightful of going blind. However permanent vision loss is rare. This case (40-year-old man) is reported to discuss the management protocol in such cases. Immediate copious irrigation of the eye is the most important ...