2017
DOI: 10.7897/2277-4343.08280
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A Review on Snake Venom: An Unrevealed Medicine for Human Ailments: Great Scope for Pharmaceutical Research

Abstract: Snake venom is the poisonous secretion (saliva), ejected from the poison apparatus of a poisonous snake, during the act of biting. Venoms of the different species of poisonous snakes are complex mixture of a number of proteins, toxic substances or toxins, peptides, enzymes, and non-protein inclusions in varying proportion. Snake venom is harmless if ingested in liquid or crystal form after drying through mouth and it will be excreted unchanged. It produces toxicity only if contacted with blood. This is very we… Show more

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“…The second characteristic is that the symbol works prophylactically against diseases generally rather than curatively against a specific disease. 15 A caveat is required here regarding the Nehushtan. Looking at the Nehushtan cured the Hebrews of the specific disease of snake bite.…”
Section: Possible Explanationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The second characteristic is that the symbol works prophylactically against diseases generally rather than curatively against a specific disease. 15 A caveat is required here regarding the Nehushtan. Looking at the Nehushtan cured the Hebrews of the specific disease of snake bite.…”
Section: Possible Explanationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It uses snake venom for the treatment of large numbers of diseases like diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, cancer, aging, skin diseases, and excessive bleeding condition etc. 15 However, such use still does not match with the first characteristic of the snake being a pure symbol. In view of the inadequacy of these explanations, we propose to show that the snake is a symbol of the spinal cord based on the Hindu system.…”
Section: Possible Explanationsmentioning
confidence: 99%