Potential utilization of a lambda carrageenan polysaccharide, derived from a cultivated, clonal strain of the red seaweed Chondrus crispus (Irish moss) against toxic actions of venom of Bothrops jararaca and B. jararacussu snakes
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DOI: 10.1007/s10811-020-02229-7
Abstract: Snakebites are a serious occupational problem affecting rural populations of tropical and sub-tropical, developing countries. Envenomation caused by the snakes Bothrops jararaca and B. jararacussu is characterized by local pain, edema, hemorrhage, tissue necrosis, and… read more here.
Keywords: jararaca jararacussu; clonal strain; polysaccharide; crispus ... See more keywords