Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical ()

An overview of Bothrops erythromelas venom

  • Neriane Monteiro Nery,
  • Karla Patrícia Luna,
  • Carla Freire Celedônio Fernandes,
  • Juliana Pavan Zuliani

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0195-2016
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 49, no. 6
pp. 680 – 686

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Abstract This review discusses studies on the venom of Bothrops erythromelas published over the past 36 years. During this period, many contributions have been made to understand the venomous snake, its venom, and its experimental and clinical effects better. The following chronological overview is based on 29 articles that were published between 1979 and 2015, with emphasis on diverse areas. The complexity of this task demands an integration of multidisciplinary research tools to study toxinology. This science is in need of renewed conceptual and experimental platforms aimed at obtaining a profound understanding of the highly complex pathophysiology of snakebite envenoming and toxins isolated from snakes.

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