The fascination and fear of snakes dates back to time immemorial, with the first scientific
treatise on snakebite envenoming, the Brooklyn Medical Papyrus, dating from ancient Egypt …

Animal venoms are used as defense mechanisms or to immobilize and digest prey. In fact,
venoms are complex mixtures of enzymatic and non-enzymatic components with specific …

Muscle necrosis is a potential clinical complication of snakebite envenomings, which in
severe cases can lead to functional or physical sequelae such as disability or amputation …

The inappropriate or excessive use of antimicrobial agents caused an emerging public
health problem due to the resulting resistance developed by microbes. Therefore, there is an …

L‐amino acid oxidases are enzymes found in several organisms, including venoms of
snakes, where they contribute to the toxicity of ophidian envenomation. Their toxicity is …

Neurotoxins generally inhibit or promote the release of neurotransmitters or bind to
receptors that are located in the pre-or post-synaptic membranes, thereby affecting …

As one of the major protein (enzyme) components of snake venom (SV), l-amino acid
oxidase (LAAO) plays an important role in the toxicities and biological activities for SV …

Snake venoms are recognized here as a grossly under‐explored resource in
pharmacological prospecting. Discoveries in snake systematics demonstrate that former …

The targeted delivery of therapeutic peptide by nanocarriers systems requires the
knowledge of interactions of nanomaterials with the biological environment, peptide release …

Snake venom L-amino acid oxidases (SV-LAAOs) are the least studied venom enzymes.
These enzymes catalyze the stereospecific oxidation of an L-amino acid to their …