Do herbal medicines have potential for managing snake bite envenomation?

Toxicology International

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 89-99

  Gupta, Y K ^a   Peshin, S S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Antisnake venom; Medicinal plants; Pharmacological activity; Snake bite

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; ARISTOLOCHIC ACID; CAFFEIC ACID; CICHORIC ACID; CUCURBITACIN; CUCURBITACIN GLYCOSIDE; ECHINACOSIDE; ELLAGIC ACID; MANNITOL; MYRICETIN; POLYPHENOL; QUERCETIN; ROSMARINIC ACID; SAPONIN; SITOSTEROL; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; STEROID; STIGMASTEROL; TANNIN; TRITERPENOID; TURMERONE; WEDELOLACTONE;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTICOAGULATION; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTHRALGIA; BRAIN DISEASE; BRONCHOSPASM; BUNGARUS; COLIC; COUGHING; DABOIA RUSSELLII; DIARRHEA; ENVENOMATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEVER; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MONONEUROPATHY MULTIPLEX; MYALGIA; NAJA; NAJA NAJA; NAUSEA; PROTEINURIA; PRURITUS; RASH; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RIGOR; SIDE EFFECT; SNAKEBITE; SWELLING; TACHYCARDIA; TRIMERESURUS; URTICARIA; VASODILATATION; VIPERIDAE; VOMITING;

EID: 84862977904     PISSN: 09716580     EISSN: 09765131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6580.97194     Document Type: Review

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