Traditional medicine in Corrientes Province (Argentina) uses herbs preparations in the form of infusions and cataplasms as an alternative medication for the treatment of bites from venomous animals. Aloysia citriodora is ...

Traditional medicine in Corrientes Province (Argentina) uses preparations from herbs as one form of medication for the treatment of bites from venomous animals in the form of infusions and cataplasms. We evaluated the ...

Antisnake activity of extracts and essential oil of Nectandra megapotamica was tested in vitro against the Bothrops diporus venom (yarará chica). Inhibitory activity of the hemolytic action on the aqueous extract and ...

Context: Sapindus saponaria L. (Sapindaceae) bark, root, and fruits are used as sedatives and to treat gastric ulcer and also demonstrate diuretic and expectorant effects. Objective: The anti-snake venom properties of ...

Irregular monoterpenes are rare natural products found mainly in the Asteraceae family, whose skeleton does not follow the Ruzicka rule, which establishes a head-to-tail bond between the isoprene units [1]. Of the different ...

Some results obtained during our research work in the search of anti-snake compounds from plant origin, allow us to propose sodium dodecyl sulfate- polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) as a valuable method for a ...

Background: Cnidarians produce toxins, which are composed of different polypeptides that induce pharmacological effects of biotechnological interest, such as antitumor, antiophidic and anti-clotting activities. This study ...

Background: Snakebite is a significant public health issue in tropical countries. In Brazil, some of the most common snake envenomations are from Bothrops. Bothrops bites trigger local and systemic effects including edema, ...