Herbs and herbal constituents active against snake bite.
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2010-09
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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.
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Alternative medicines, Herbal compound, Snake bite, Snake bite treatment, Snake venom
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Gomes Antony, Das Rinku, Sarkhel Sumana, Mishra Roshnara, Mukherjee Sanghamitra, Bhattacharya Shamik, Gomes Aparna. Herbs and herbal constituents active against snake bite. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology. 2010 Sept; 48(9): 865-878.