In an era of increasing drug resistance, the search for antimicrobial agents is crucial for the development of a sustainable future. Biosurfactants are amphiphilic molecules with recognised surface tension, and biological ...

Even today acute diarrheal disease is thought of by many laymen as well as by some medical professionals in developing countries as being a syndrome of alimentary origin. Despite recognition of shigellosis, cholera, ...

El presente capítulo persigue el objetivo de analizar la construcción del ofidismo como problema científico-social en Costa Rica, entre 1881 y 1988, a partir del estudio del contexto, los actores y la institucionalización ...

Los péptidos sintéticos han ganado un lugar relevante dentro de la “caja de herramientas” de la investigación biomédica actual. Las técnicas de síntesis automatizada y el costo decreciente de los procesos, unidas a mejoras ...

The genus Bothrops is distributed over all Latin America, From Mexico to Argentina, and comprises nearly 31 species of snake. In most of these countries, Bothrops spp. cause the majority of snake bit envenomations, which ...

De nombreuses envenimations ophidiennes en Amérique centrale sont dues aux crotales (famille des Viperidae) parmi lesquels Bothrops asper est le principal responsable. Quelques accidents sont provoqués par les serpents ...

Envenoming following snakebite is largely a neglected threat to public health in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania addicting some of the world’s poorest rural communities. An ...

Los envenenamientos por mordedura de serpiente constituyen un importante problema de salud pública en América Latina. La gran mayoría de estos envenenamientos son causados por mordeduras de serpientes de la familia Viperidae, ...

Phospholipase A2 are esterolytic enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of 1,2-diacyl-3-sn-glycerophospholipids at the C2 position, resulting in the formation of lysophospholipids and free fatty acid. They constitute one of ...