Implications of phytochemicals in snakebite management: Present status and future prospective

Toxin Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 60-83

  Urs, Nanjaraj A N ^a   Yariswamy, M ^a   Joshi, Vikram ^a   Nataraju, A ^b   Gowda, T V ^a   Vishwanath, B S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

^b Department of Biochemistry ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Herbal medicine; Local toxicity; Morbidity; Snakebite; Venom enzymes

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIDASE; METALLOPROTEINASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ENVENOMATION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE DISEASE; MYOTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SNAKEBITE; TISSUE INJURY; TOXICITY; TRADITIONAL HEALER;

EID: 84905447388     PISSN: 15569543     EISSN: 15569551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15569543.2013.854255     Document Type: Review

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