Old World Vipers—a review about snake venom proteomics of Viperinae and their variations

M Damm, BF Hempel, RD Süssmuth - Toxins, 2021 - mdpi.com
Fine-tuned by millions of years of evolution, snake venoms have frightened but also
fascinated humanity and nowadays they constitute potential resources for drug …

Advances in the therapeutic application of small-molecule inhibitors and repurposed drugs against snakebite: Miniperspective

U Puzari, PA Fernandes… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The World Health Organization has declared snakebite as a neglected tropical disease.
Antivenom administration is the sole therapy against venomous snakebite; however, several …

Varespladib (LY315920) neutralises phospholipase A2 mediated prothrombinase-inhibition induced by Bitis snake venoms

NJ Youngman, A Walker, A Naude, K Coster… - … and Physiology Part C …, 2020 - Elsevier
Anticoagulant toxicity is a common function of venoms produced by species within the Bitis
genus. Potent inhibition of the prothrombinase complex is an identified mechanism of action …

Anticoagulant activity of black snake (Elapidae: Pseudechis) venoms: Mechanisms, potency, and antivenom efficacy

CN Zdenek, NJ Youngman, C Hay, J Dobson… - Toxicology letters, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Venoms from Pseudechis species (Australian black snakes) within the Elapidae
family are rich in anticoagulant PLA 2 toxins, with the exception of one species (P …

Venom-induced blood disturbances by palearctic viperid snakes, and their relative neutralization by antivenoms and enzyme-inhibitors

A Chowdhury, CN Zdenek, MR Lewin, R Carter… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Palearctic vipers are medically significant snakes in the genera Daboia, Macrovipera,
Montivipera, and Vipera which occur throughout Europe, Central Asia, Near and Middle …

A clot twist: extreme variation in coagulotoxicity mechanisms in Mexican neotropical rattlesnake venoms

L Seneci, CN Zdenek, A Chowdhury… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Rattlesnakes are a diverse clade of pit vipers (snake family Viperidae, subfamily Crotalinae)
that consists of numerous medically significant species. We used validated in vitro assays …

Children and snakebite: snake venom effects on adult and paediatric plasma

CN Zdenek, CFB Rodrigues, LA Bourke… - Toxins, 2023 - mdpi.com
Snakebite is a globally neglected tropical disease, with coagulation disturbances being the
primary pathology of many deadly snake venoms. Age-related differences in human plasma …

Clinical implications of differential procoagulant toxicity of the Palearctic viperid genus Macrovipera, and the relative neutralization efficacy of antivenoms and enzyme …

A Chowdhury, CN Zdenek, JS Dobson, LA Bourke… - Toxicology Letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Species within the viperid genus Macrovipera are some of the most dangerous snakes in the
Eurasian region, injecting copious amounts of potent venom. Despite their medical …

Fibrinogenolytic potential of venoms of medically important Brazilian snakes

EOV de Lima, LJ Tasima, KF Grego… - … and Physiology Part C …, 2025 - Elsevier
One of the main clinical manifestations presented by victims of snake bite envenoming are
coagulation disorders. Considering that fibrinogen is a key molecule for crosslinked fibrin …

Compendium of medically important snakes, venom activity and clinical presentations in Ghana

JP Deikumah, RP Biney… - PLOS Neglected …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Snake bite envenoming (SBE) is one neglected tropical disease that has not
received the needed attention. The sequelae of burdensome disability and mortality impact …