European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

SNAKE VENOM: A BLESSED THERAPEUTIC TOOL IN SAVING LIFE

Amrita Chakraborty, Kushal Nandi, Arunava Chandra Chandra, *Dr. Dhrubo Jyoti Sen and Dr. Dhananjoy Saha

ABSTRACT

Snake bite envenomation was previously considered to be a curse in life of human beings that causes painful and traumatic death. All over the world, snake venoms were considered to be a toxin that can be the only factor to cause a high rate of mortality. But along with time, gradually through many researches and lab-oriented studies, snake venoms have been found to open a new horizon in drug discovery field producing innumerable life saving drugs for cardiac diseases, nervous diseases, antimicrobial infections and diseases as well as cancer. Moreover, there have been lot of antivenoms prepared from venomous snake species that act as life saving injection after a snake bite. This review basically brings out the therapeutic uses of snake venoms in the field of research and medicine.

Keywords: Snake bite envenomation, Toxin, Mortality, New horizon, Drug discovery, Cardiac diseases, Nervous diseases, Antimicrobial infections, Cancer, Antivenom.