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The red seaweed Plocamium brasiliense shows anti-snake venom toxic effects

BACKGROUND: Snakebite is considered a neglected tropical disease by the World Health Organization. In Brazil, about 70% of the envenomation cases are caused by Bothrops snakes. Its venom may provoke hemorrhage, pain, necrosis, hemolysis, renal or cardiac failure and even death in victims. Since comm...

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Autores principales: da Silva, Geisiane Alves, Domingos, Thaisa Francielle Souza, Fonseca, Rainiomar Raimundo, Sanchez, Eladio Flores, Teixeira, Valéria Laneuville, Fuly, André Lopes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4333883/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25699078
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40409-015-0002-2