Affiliation:
1. School of Biochemical Engineering, IIT (BHU)-Varanasi-221005, India
Abstract
Abstract:
Snakebites have been declared a neglected health problem that is considered a national disease by the
WHO (world health organisation). Asian countries like India have high snakebite death rates due to short antidotes
and poorly equipped doctors. In today's scenario, local resources like herbs need to be used to prepare
cheap antidotes and are often available to victims. Snake bites should be viewed as an emergency problem and
require additional national guidelines, doctor training, expertise, and human concentration for effective and
timely treatment-measures to be taken to ensure the availability and mass production of antidotes. Currently
available, antidotes have problems with storage, manufacture, and aspects of the results. Attention should be
paid to the natural compound Gedunin with antitoxic effects. To determine Gedunin's therapeutic efficacy,
well-designed clinical research is required. This article emphasizes and proves the therapeutic effectiveness of
the herbal plant active ingredient Gedunin against snakebites.
Publisher
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
Subject
Drug Discovery,Pharmacology
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