Snake venom detoxification potential of selected Nigerian medicinal plants: a review

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 ...

Anti-venom Activity of Medicinal Plants – A Mini Review

The Potential of Nigerian Medicinal Plants as Antimalarial Agent: A Review

Malaria is an infectious disease that arises from the presence of parasitic protozoa of the genus plasmodium within the RBC. The disease is confined to tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world and is transmitted by the female anopheles mosquito. The bites of a mosquito inject the parasite into the bloodstream and this migrates to the liver and other organs where they multiply. With varyin...

Medicinal Plants with Antidiabetic Potential - A Review

Since ancient times, plants have been an exemplary source of medicine. Ayurveda and other Indian literature mentioned the use of plants in treatment of various human ailments. Medical plants play an important role in the management of diabetes mellitus especially in developing countries where resources are meager. Oral hypoglycemic agents like sulphonylureas and biguanides are still the major p...

Therapeutic Potential of Snake Venom

Annually 2.5 million people are bitten by snakes, more than 100,000 fatally. In India a large no of people suffer and die every year due to snake venom poisoning. Venom has been used in the treatment of a variety of pathophysiological conditions in Ayurveda, homeopathy and folk medicine. Snake venom is a natural biological resource, containing a complex mixture of enzymes, peptides and protein ...