Multifunctional Toxins in Snake Venoms and Therapeutic Implications: From Pain to Hemorrhage and Necrosis

Multifunctional Toxins in Snake Venoms and Therapeutic Implications: From Pain to Hemorrhage and Necrosis

Animal venoms have evolved over millions of years for prey capture and defense from predators and rivals. Snake venoms, in particular, have evolved a wide diversity of peptides and proteins that induce harmful inflammatory and neurotoxic effects including severe pain and paralysis, hemotoxic effects...

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Main Authors: Camila R. Ferraz, Arif Arrahman, Chunfang Xie, Nicholas R. Casewell, Richard J. Lewis, Jeroen Kool, Fernanda C. Cardoso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
snake venoms
multifunctional toxins
pathological mechanisms
evolution
snakebite treatment
pain
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2019.00218/full

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