Toxin treasure in snake venoms: A protein biochemist's sandbox

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Snake Venoms in Medicine

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 ...

Enzyme inhibitions by Snake Venoms

1. Chromatography on silica gel, combined with infrared spectrometry, has been used to analyse mixtures of bile acids. 2. The results obtained by applying this method to an ox bile-salt preparation are described. Methyl lithocholate (methyl 3-hydroxycholanate) (1.8 mg.), methyl deoxycholate (methyl 3:12-dihydroxycholanate) (38 mg.), methyl chenodeoxycholate (methyl 3:7-dihydroxycholanate) (0-6 ...

Neutralizing snake venoms: Costa Rica

A Mini Review on Anti-Cancerous Potentials of Snake Venoms

Snake has been known as a group of dangerous animals to everyone around the world since time unmemorable. Its venom is considered as a source of morbidity and mortality in human beings but it is also an important therapeutic agent for treating various types of cancers such leukaemia, breast cancer, ovarian cancer and prostate cancer etc. There is a wide range of snake species around the globe h...