The Indian cobra?Naia naia vel tripudians varies from 100 to 150 cm. in length and has a variable colour but is usually black. The head is generally golden yellow in colour, spotted with yellowish white marks above and pure white beneath. The species is distributed throughout the whole of Southern Asia from the south of the Caspian Sea to the south of China, India, Burma., Ceylon and the Malay ...

Bi-functionalized dendrimers leads to highly efficient quantitative proteomics and the determination of protease activities in snake venoms.

During the past few years a great deal of interest has been taken in the use of snake venoms in medical treatment. The results obtained in a series of cases treated in the Carmichael Hospital and School of Tropical Medicine, Calcutta, have been reported previously by the present authors (Chopra and Chowhan, 1937). Since then, the opportunity for treating a large number of patients suffering fro...

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...

Advances in the last decade combining transcriptomics with established proteomics methods have made possible rapid identification and quantification of protein families in snake venoms. Although over 100 studies have been published, the value of this information is increased when it is collated, allowing rapid assimilation and evaluation of evolutionary trends, geographical variation, and possi...

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...