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Revista de Biología Tropical

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CASTRO, Oscar et al. Neutralización del efecto hemorrágico inducido por veneno de Bothrops asper (Serpentes: Viperidae) por extractos de plantas tropicales. Rev. biol. trop [online]. 1999, vol.47, n.3, pp.605-616. ISSN 0034-7744.

Organic extracts representing 48 species included in 30 families of Costa Rican tropical plants were evaluated for their ability to neutralize hemorrhagic activity induced by the venom of the snake Bothrops asper. A bioassay in mice was used, based on intradermal injection of either venom or venom-extract mixtures followed by the measurement of hemorrhagic areas. Total inhibition of hemorrhage was observed with the ethanolic, ethyl acetate and aquous extracts of Bursera simaruba, Clusia torresii, C. palmana, Croton draco, Persea americana, Phoebe brenesii, Pimenta dioica, Sapindus saponaria, Smilax cuculmeca and Virola koschnyi. Chemical analysis of these extracts identified catequines, flavones, anthocyanines and condensated tannins, which may be responsible for the inhibitory effect observed, probably owing to the chelation of the zinc required for the catalytic activity of venom’s hemorrhagic metalloproteinases.

Palavras-chave : Anti-hemorrhagic plants; anti-venom plants; snake venom; flavonoids; tannins.

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