Author:
Li Jiaying,Li Yufei,Liu Chuyu
Abstract
Snakebites constitutes a public health problem worldwide and is a neglected tropical disease. It causes at least 120000 death each year and amputations account for about three times as many deaths. This paper explores the toxicity of three types of snake venom including hemotoxic venom, neurotoxic venom, and cytotoxic venom in the aspects of toxins contained, mechanism consequents as well as their future prospect as anticancer agents.
Publisher
Darcy & Roy Press Co. Ltd.
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