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Toxicol Clin 2025; 1 (1)

Advances in mexican snake venom research and their antivenoms: an updated review

Neri-Castro E, Gómez V, Borja M, López LJ, Alagón A

Language: Spanish
References: 132
Page: 19-33
PDF size: 444.80 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Mexico has the second-highest diversity of venomous snakes in the world and the first in the Americas. However, it is one of the countries with the fewest studies on snake venom characterization globally, and no clinical cases are documented in the literature. In the last 10 years, we have made important efforts in the biochemical and biological characterization of venoms of Mexican species as well as antivenoms. In the present article, we provide recent information on the protein composition of snake venoms and antivenoms and generate information that is available to medical personnel specialized in this area.


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