Oxidative stress and antioxidant defense in detoxification systems of snake venom-induced toxicity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Snakebites remain a major life-threatening event worldwide. It is still difficult to make a positive identification of snake species by clinicians in both Western medicine and Chinese medicine. The main reason for this is a shortage of diagnostic biomarkers and lack of knowledge about pathways of venom-induced toxicity. In traditional Chinese medicine, snakebites are considered to be treated with wind, fire, and wind-fire toxin, but additional studies are required.

Methods

Cases of snakebite seen at the Affiliated Hospital of Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine were grouped as follows: fire toxin - including four cases of bites by Agkistrodon acutus and three bites by Trimeresurus stejnegeri - and wind-fire toxin - four cases of bites

SUBMITTER: Dong D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7574533 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature