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1. RETRACTED: In vitro anti-haemolytic and in vivo anti-haemorrhagic effect of methanolic leaf extract of Mucuna pruriens against Bitis arietans venom

Author:
Joshua Seyi Oyetunde; Peter Ofemile Yusuf; Ngozi Ejum Ogbuagu; Matthew Philip Ameh; Kelvin Olutimilehin Jolayemi
Source:
Pharmacological research 2022 pp. 100093
ISSN:
2667-1425
Subject:
Bitis arietans; Mucuna pruriens; air drying; bark; cattle; erythrocytes; hemolysis; herbal medicines; leaf extracts; phytochemicals; public health; research; snake bites; venoms
Abstract:
... Snake envenomation is of public health significance due to its hazardous effects on humans and animals. Mucuna pruriens (Fabaceae) is an established herbal drug and widespread in tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. The seeds, bark and roots of medicinal plants like M. pruriens have been reported to antagonize the activity of some venoms and toxins. This study evaluated the in vitro ant ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.prmcm.2022.100093

2. Artemia salina as an animal model for the preliminary evaluation of snake venom-induced toxicity

Author:
Mitchel Otieno Okumu; James Mucunu Mbaria; Joseph Kangangi Gikunju; Paul Gichohi Mbuthia; Vincent Odongo Madadi; Francis Okumu Ochola; Mercy Seroney Jepkorir
Source:
Toxicon: X 2021 v.12 pp. 100082
ISSN:
2590-1710
Subject:
Artemia salina; Bitis arietans; Naja; animal models; antivenoms; bioassays; cytotoxicity; death; neutralization; philosophy; snake venoms; snakes
Abstract:
... Lethality and cytotoxicity assays of snake venoms and their neutralization by antivenom require many mice for the experiments. Recent developments have prompted researchers to seek alternative strategies that minimize the use of mice in line with Russel and Burch's 3Rs philosophy (Replacement, Reduction, and Refinement). Artemia salina is an animal model widely used for toxicity screening. However ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.toxcx.2021.100082

3. Interrogating the higher order structures of snake venom proteins using an integrated mass spectrometric approach

Author:
C. Ruth Wang; Emily R. Bubner; Blagojce Jovcevski; Parul Mittal; Tara L. Pukala
Source:
Journal of proteomics 2020 v.216 pp. 103680
ISSN:
1874-3919
Subject:
Bitis arietans; L-amino-acid oxidase; Pseudechis; amino acids; bioactive compounds; chromatography; drug design; fractionation; geometry; lectins; mass spectrometry; medicinal properties; phospholipase A2; phospholipases; protein composition; protein structure; proteomics; snake venoms; snakes; therapeutics
Abstract:
... Snake venoms contain complex mixtures of proteins vital for the survival of venomous snakes. Aligned with their diverse pharmacological activities, the protein compositions of snake venoms are highly variable, and efforts to characterise the primary structures of such proteins are ongoing. Additionally, a significant knowledge gap exists in terms of the higher-order protein structures which modula ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jprot.2020.103680

4. Male energy reserves, mate-searching activities, and reproductive success: alternative resource use strategies in a presumed capital breeder

Author:
Xavier Glaudas; Stephen E. Rice; Rulon W. Clark; Graham J. Alexander
Source:
Oecologia 2020 v.194 no.3 pp. 415-425
ISSN:
0029-8549
Subject:
Bitis arietans; DNA; body condition; capital; dietary supplements; energy; females; males; paternity; radio telemetry; reproductive success; sexual selection
Abstract:
... Sexual selection studies often focus on morphological traits that are important only in the later stages of mate acquisition. Comparatively little is known about traits that lead to mate acquisition, such as mate-searching activities. We experimentally manipulated body condition (i.e., the energy reserves) in male puff adders (Bitis arietans) prior to the mating season using supplemental feeding i ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00442-020-04755-0

5. The intensity of sexual selection, body size and reproductive success in a mating system with male–male combat: is bigger better?

Author:
Xavier Glaudas; Stephen E. Rice; Rulon W. Clark; Graham J. Alexander
Source:
Oikos 2020 v.129 no.7 pp. 998-1011
ISSN:
0030-1299
Subject:
Bitis arietans; DNA; body condition; body length; data collection; fecundity; females; males; mating systems; paternity; population; radio telemetry; reproductive success; sexual selection; snakes; sperm competition
Abstract:
... Body size is a key selected trait in many animal systems: larger size is sexually selected for in males because it confers a reproductive advantage during contest competition for access to females, and larger females are naturally selected for fecundity. Herein, we used radio‐telemetry to gather a large dataset of male–female interactions and DNA paternity analyses to characterize the intensity of ...
DOI:
10.1111/oik.07223

6. A spatial and temporal assessment of human-snake encounters in urban and peri-urban areas of Windhoek, Namibia

Author:
Morgan Lindo Hauptfleisch; Ignatius Nyangana Sikongo; Francois Theart
Source:
Urban ecosystems 2021 v.24 no.1 pp. 165-173
ISSN:
1083-8155
Subject:
Bitis arietans; Naja; World Health Organization; ecosystems; farms; gardens; humans; irrigation; people; rain; snake bites; snakes; wildlife; Namibia
Abstract:
... Wildlife is known to be attracted to cities as a result of the ecosystem services associated with synanthorpization. This however often results in conflicts between human activities and wildlife. Accidental encounters between snakes and people in urban areas is a problem Windhoek shares with many cities around the world. Globally, this conflict leads to numerous human envenomations, a serious and ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11252-020-01028-9

7. Phylogenetic patterns in learning and decision making in pit vipers (Viperidae: Crotalinae)

Author:
Aaron R. Krochmal; Aaron J. Place; Travis J. LaDuc; Timothy C. Roth
Source:
Animal behaviour 2018 v.145 pp. 117-123
ISSN:
0003-3472
Subject:
Bitis arietans; animal behavior; animals; cognition; decision making; learning; natural history; niches; phylogeny; thermal stress
Abstract:
... Learning is a key behavioural adaptation allowing animals to respond to complex and changing environments. Although the field of animal behaviour has seen an increase in the taxonomic breadth of learning studies in recent decades, investigations within an explicit, broad phylogenetic framework are rare, curtailing our understanding of the evolution of learning and advanced cognition. Pit vipers (V ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.09.016

8. Snake venoms from Angola: Intra-specific variations and immunogenicity

Author:
Paula Regina Simões de Oliveira; Felipe Silva de França; Isadora Maria Villas Boas; Marisa Maria Teixeira da Rocha; Sávio Stefanini Sant’Anna; Maria de Lourdes Bastos; Denise V. Tambourgi
Source:
Toxicon 2018 v.148 pp. 85-94
ISSN:
0041-0101
Subject:
Bitis arietans; Naja; accidents; antivenoms; blood serum; females; immunogenicity; males; morbidity; mortality; neutralization; provenance; public health; snake bites; snake venoms; snakes; therapeutics; toxicity; tropical diseases; Angola; South East Asia
Abstract:
... Snakebite is a public health problem in many countries of world. These accidents are considered a Neglected Tropical Disease and are responsible for a high morbidity and mortality index in the South and Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Angolan snake venoms are poorly investigated and no specific antivenom against them is available in the country. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate b ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.toxicon.2018.04.013

9. Food supplementation affects the foraging ecology of a low-energy, ambush-foraging snake

Author:
X. Glaudas; G.J. Alexander
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2017 v.71 no.1 pp. 5
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
Bitis arietans; body condition; dietary supplements; food availability; food intake; foraging; home range; lifestyle; males; radio telemetry; snakes; video cameras; South Africa
Abstract:
... The effect of food availability on the spatial ecology of animals varies within and across study systems because a multitude of factors can affect the spatial activity of organisms. Low-energy specialists, such as ambush-foraging snakes, feed infrequently and can endure long periods without food. Because they have low-energy requirements, one possible tactic for feeding may be to simply ambush for ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-016-2239-3

10. Museum Specimens Bias Measures of Snake Diet: A Case Study Using the Ambush-Foraging Puff Adder (Bitis arietans)

Author:
Glaudas Xavier; Kearney Teresa C.; Alexander Graham J.
Source:
Herpetologica 2017 v.73 no.2 pp. 121-128
ISSN:
1938-5099
Subject:
Bitis arietans; case studies; data collection; diet; ecology; gastrointestinal system; snakes
Abstract:
... : Examination of the gastrointestinal contents of museum specimens is routinely used as a method for assessing diet in a wide variety of reptiles. However, this method might be biased toward detecting prey items that are less digestible and larger in size because these food items are digested more slowly. In this study, we used fixed videography on free-ranging Puff Adders (Bitis arietans) as a co ...
DOI:
10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-16-00055

11. The complementarity-determining region sequences in IgY antivenom hypervariable regions

Author:
David Gitirana da Rocha; Jorge Hernandez Fernandez; Claudia Maria Costa de Almeida; Claudia Letícia da Silva; Fabio Carlos Magnoli; Osmair Élder da Silva; Wilmar Dias da Silva
Source:
Data in Brief 2017 v.13 pp. 717-722
ISSN:
2352-3409
Subject:
Bitis arietans; DNA; Gallus gallus; antibody binding sites; antivenoms; epitopes; toxicity
Abstract:
... The data presented in this article are related to the research article entitled "Development of IgY antibodies against anti-snake toxins endowed with highly lethal neutralizing activity" (da Rocha et al., 2017) [1]. Complementarity-determining region (CDR) sequences are variable antibody (Ab) sequences that respond with specificity, duration and strength to identify and bind to antigen (Ag) epitop ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.dib.2017.07.005

12. Expanding the neutralization scope of the EchiTAb-plus-ICP antivenom to include venoms of elapids from Southern Africa

Author:
Andrés Sánchez; Álvaro Segura; Mariángela Vargas; María Herrera; Mauren Villalta; Ricardo Estrada; Francisco Wu; Thea Litschka-Koen; Michael Alfred Perry; Alberto Alape-Girón; Guillermo León
Source:
Toxicon 2017 v.125 pp. 59-64
ISSN:
0041-0101
Subject:
neutralization; venoms; Naja; Bitis arietans; antivenoms; Echis; clinical trials; horses; Eswatini; Western Africa; Mozambique
Abstract:
... EchiTAb-plus-ICP is an antivenom prepared from plasma of horses hyperimmunized with the venoms of the carpet viper (Echis ocellatus), the puff adder (Bitis arietans) and the black-necked spitting cobra (Naja nigricollis). Therefore, the use of this antivenom has been limited to Western Africa. In order to expand the neutralization scope of EchiTAb-plus-ICP, we supplemented the immunogenic mixture ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.toxicon.2016.11.259

13. Peptides from puff adder Bitis arietans venom, novel inhibitors of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Author:
Catherine A. Vulfius; Ekaterina N. Spirova; Marina V. Serebryakova; Irina V. Shelukhina; Denis S. Kudryavtsev; Elena V. Kryukova; Vladislav G. Starkov; Nina V. Kopylova; Maxim N. Zhmak; Igor A. Ivanov; Ksenia S. Kudryashova; Tatyana V. Andreeva; Victor I. Tsetlin; Yuri N. Utkin
Source:
Toxicon 2016 v.121 pp. 70-76
ISSN:
0041-0101
Subject:
Bitis arietans; Lymnaea stagnalis; Xenopus; acetylcholine; amino acid sequences; bioactive properties; calcium; cholinergic receptors; cysteine; disulfide bonds; image analysis; inhibitory concentration 50; matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization mass spectrometry; mice; molecular weight; muscles; neurons; oocytes; peptides; phospholipase A2; post-translational modification; reversed-phase liquid chromatography; snakes; venoms
Abstract:
... Phospholipase A2 (named bitanarin) possessing capability to block nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) was isolated earlier (Vulfius et al., 2011) from puff adder Bitis arietans venom. Further studies indicated that low molecular weight fractions of puff adder venom inhibit nAChRs as well. In this paper, we report on isolation from this venom and characterization of three novel peptides call ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.toxicon.2016.08.020

14. A lure at both ends: aggressive visual mimicry signals and prey-specific luring behaviour in an ambush-foraging snake

Author:
X. Glaudas; G. J. Alexander
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2017 v.71 no.1 pp. 2
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
Bitis arietans; amphibians; birds; cognition; data collection; decision making; foraging; invertebrates; mimicry (behavior); models; predators; snakes; tail; South Africa
Abstract:
... Aggressive mimic species use signals typically resembling an attractive or harmless model to deceive other organisms in order to increase foraging success. With the exception of a few brood parasitic birds that combine two signals, most known cases of aggressive mimicry involve only a single signal. Here, we used fixed videography, a technique which consisted in setting up continuously recording v ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-016-2244-6

15. Effect of geographical variation of Echis ocellatus, Naja nigricollis and Bitis arietans venoms on their neutralization by homologous and heterologous antivenoms

Author:
Andrés Sánchez; Jorge Coto; Álvaro Segura; Mariángela Vargas; Gabriela Solano; María Herrera; Mauren Villalta; Ricardo Estrada; José María Gutiérrez; Guillermo León
Source:
Toxicon 2015 v.108 pp. 80-83
ISSN:
0041-0101
Subject:
Bitis arietans; Echis; Naja; antivenoms; geographical variation; neutralization; venoms; Cameroon
Abstract:
... Two antivenoms prepared by using Echis ocellatus, Bitis arietans and Naja nigricollis venoms from different locations in sub-Saharan Africa were compared for their neutralizing ability. Both antivenoms were similarly effective in the neutralization of the venoms of the three species from different locations. However in the case of E. ocellatus venom, antivenom prepared using venom from Nigerian sp ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.toxicon.2015.10.001

16. New proline-rich oligopeptides from the venom of African adders: Insights into the hypotensive effect of the venoms

Author:
Roberto T. Kodama; Daniela Cajado-Carvalho; Alexandre K. Kuniyoshi; Eduardo S. Kitano; Alexandre K. Tashima; Barbara F. Barna; Ana Carolina Takakura; Solange M.T. Serrano; Wilmar Dias-Da-Silva; Denise V. Tambourgi; Fernanda V. Portaro
Source:
BBA - General Subjects 2015 v.1850 pp. 1180-1187
ISSN:
0304-4165
Subject:
Bitis arietans; angiotensin I; angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors; antihypertensive effect; bradykinin; hypotension; in vitro studies; in vivo studies; mass spectrometry; oligopeptides; peptidyl-dipeptidase A; snakes; synthetic peptides; tachycardia; venoms; Africa
Abstract:
... The snakes from the Bitis genus are some of the most medically important venomous snakes in sub Saharan Africa, however little is known about the composition and effects of these snake venom peptides. Considering that the victims with Bitis genus snakes have exacerbate hypotension and cardiovascular disorders, we investigated here the presence of angiotensin-converting enzyme modulators on four di ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.bbagen.2015.02.005

17. Identification and phylogeny of Arabian snakes: Comparison of venom chromatographic profiles versus 16S rRNA gene sequences

Author:
Abdulrahman Al Asmari; Rajamohammed Abbas Manthiri; Haseeb Ahmad Khan
Source:
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences 2014 v.21 pp. 436-441
ISSN:
1319-562X
Subject:
Bitis arietans; Echis; Naja; freeze drying; gel chromatography; mucus; nucleotide sequences; phylogeny; ribosomal RNA; snake bites; snake venoms; snakes
Abstract:
... Identification of snake species is important for various reasons including the emergency treatment of snake bite victims. We present a simple method for identification of six snake species using the gel filtration chromatographic profiles of their venoms. The venoms of Echis coloratus, Echis pyramidum, Cerastes gasperettii, Bitis arietans, Naja arabica, and Walterinnesia aegyptia were milked, lyop ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.sjbs.2014.05.002
PubMed:
25313278
PubMed Central:
PMC4191578

18. NMR structure of bitistatin – a missing piece in the evolutionary pathway of snake venom disintegrins

Author:
Rodrigo J. Carbajo; Libia Sanz; Alicia Perez; Juan J. Calvete
Source:
FEBS journal 2015 v.282 no.2 pp. 341-360
ISSN:
1742-464X
Subject:
Bitis arietans; antagonists; crystal structure; disulfide bonds; integrins; metalloproteinases; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; polypeptides; proteome; receptors; snakes; venoms
Abstract:
... Extant disintegrins, as found in the venoms of Viperidae and Crotalidae snakes (vipers and rattlesnakes, represent a family of polypeptides that block the function of β1 and β3 integrin receptors, both potently and with a high degree of selectivity. This toxin family owes its origin to the neofunctionalization of the extracellular region of an ADAM (a disintegrin and metalloprotease) molecule recr ...
DOI:
10.1111/febs.13138

19. Hyaluronidase, phospholipase A2 and protease inhibitory activity of plants used in traditional treatment of snakebite-induced tissue necrosis in Mali, DR Congo and South Africa

Author:
Marianne Molander; Line Nielsen; Søren Søgaard; Dan Staerk; Nina Rønsted; Drissa Diallo; Kusamba Zacharie Chifundera; Johannes van Staden; Anna K. Jäger
Source:
Journal of ethnopharmacology 2014 v.157 pp. 171-180
ISSN:
0378-8741
Subject:
Bauhinia thonningii; Bitis arietans; Combretum; Grewia mollis; Lannea; Naja; Strychnos; active ingredients; antiserum; bioassays; enzyme inhibition; enzyme inhibitors; ethanol; hyaluronoglucosaminidase; inhibitory concentration 50; mortality; necrosis; patients; phospholipase A2; plant anatomy; polyphenols; proteinases; snake bites; snakes; traditional medicine; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Mali; South Africa
Abstract:
... Snakebite envenomation, every year, causes estimated 5–10,000 mortalities and results in more than 5–15,000 amputations in sub-Saharan Africa alone. Antiserum is not easily accessible in these regions or doctors are simply not available, thus more than 80% of all patients seek traditional practitioners as first-choice. Therefore it is important to investigate whether the plants used in traditional ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jep.2014.09.027

20. Interspecific associations of Cape ground squirrels with two mongoose species: benefit or cost?

Author:
Jane M. Waterman; James D. Roth
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2007 v.61 no.11 pp. 1675-1683
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
Bitis arietans; Cynictis; Suricata suricatta; Xerus inauris; antipredatory behavior; burrows; ecosystem engineers; habitats; predators; semiarid zones; snakes; squirrels; thermoregulation
Abstract:
... Mixed-species associations have been described in many vertebrate species, but few behavioral studies have investigated associations between species from different mammalian orders. Cape ground squirrels (Xerus inauris) are highly social rodents that inhabit burrows with two species of mongoose, but the benefits of these interspecific associations to ground squirrels remain unresolved. We compared ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-007-0398-y