Gisele A Wiezel, Isadora S Oliveira, Mouzarllem B Reis, Isabela G Ferreira, Kalynka R Cordeiro, Karla C F Bordon, Eliane C Arantes
Animal venoms are a rich and complex source of components, including peptides (such as neurotoxins, anionic peptides and hypotensins), lipids, proteins (such as proteases, hyaluronidases and phospholipases) and inorganic compounds, which affect all biological systems of the envenoming victim. Their action may result in a wide range of clinical manifestations, including tachy/bradycardia, hyper/hypotension, disorders in blood coagulation, pain, edema, inflammation, fever, muscle paralysis, coma and even death...
January 2, 2024: Biochimie