%0 Journal Article
%T Inhibition of Toxic Effects of Viper and Cobra Venom by Indian Medicinal Plants
%A M. I. Alam
%J Pharmacology & Pharmacy
%P 828-837
%@ 2157-9431
%D 2014
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/pp.2014.58093
%X <p style=\"text-align:justify;\">
	<span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">The mortality rate
from snakebites in West Bengal is very high and most of the deaths are caused
by the </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Daboia russelli</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> and </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Naja naja </span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">envenomation. Twenty-three plants from the seventeen families
were collected from the traditional healers and explored for the first
time for antisnake venom activity. In our previous report, the methanolic root
extract of the Indian medicinal plants </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Pluchea
indica</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">, </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Hemidesmus indicus</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">, </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Vitex negundo</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> and </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Emblica officinalis</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> significantly neutralized the Viper and Cobra </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">venom-induced pathophysiological changes </span></span><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\" color:#31849b;\"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">[1]</span></span><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\" color:#31849b;\"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">[2]</span><span style=\"background:yellow;\"></span></span><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\" cambria\",\"serif\";color:#31849b;background:yellow;\"=\"\"><span></span></span><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">. In the present
study, we explored four plant extracts (</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Curcuma
aromatica</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">,</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Aristolochia indica</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">,</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Androgrphis paniculata </span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">and</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Curcuma zeodaria</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">) for the antisnake
venom activity. The plant extracts significantly antagonized </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Daboia russelli</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">,</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Echis carinatus</span></i><span
%K Anti-Snake Venom Activity
%K Medicinal Plants
%K Snake Venom
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=48216