title: Herbs and herbal constituents active against snake bite.
abstract: Snake bite, a major socio-medical problem of south east asian countries is still depending on the usage of antisera as the one and only source of treatment, which has its own limitations. In India, mostly in rural areas, health centres are inadequate and the snake bite victims mostly depend on traditional healers and herbal antidotes, as an alternative treatment. The present review has been focussed on the varied folk and traditional herbs and their antisnake venom compounds, which might be a stepping stone in establishing the future therapy against snake bite treatment and management.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Toxinology & Experimental Pharmacodynamics, Department of Physiology, University of Calcutta, 92 A P. C. Road, Kolkata 700 009, India. agomescu@gmail.com
authors.forename: Antony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: Rinku
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Sumana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarkhel
authors.forename: Roshnara
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.forename: Sanghamitra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.forename: Shamik
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: Aparna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gomes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000931:Antidotes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000997:Antivenins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D028321:Plant Preparations / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012909:Snake Bites / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000931:Antidotes; D000997:Antivenins; D028321:Plant Preparations