Snake venom – from the fangs:
Snake venom can be deadly. It is estimated that over 5 million people every year are bitten by snakes. This results in over 400,000 amputations and up to 125,000 fatalities. Snake venom is thought to be saliva that has evolved into the venom over evolutionary history. Snakes use the venom to kill or subdue their prey, venom can also have digestive actions too, helping a snake to digest and eat its prey.
It is usually injected by fangs and is secreted by a gland found on either side of a snake’s head. The venom contains many different compounds and different types of toxins are made by different snakes. Some of the typical venom symptoms include pain, inflammation, tissue necrosis, coma, breathing difficulties and death.
The principle of anti venom of snake ,was already God’s revealed it to Prophet Moses, whe he ordered Moses to make a bronze statue of snake …that anyone bitten by a snake who looked in that statue will lived.
God is teaching us that the snake bite cure is also from snake himself, this is the principle of anti venom that is also taken from the snake.
Numbers 21:6-9
“Then the Lord sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died.The people came to Moses and said, “We sinned when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.The Lord said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.” So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.”
Venom – not all bad news
Some of the most interesting compounds are proteins and peptides – and these agents could be useful in our treatment of both snake bites and other medical conditions. Previous studies have highlighted benefits ranging from the antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties – to possible uses as anti-cancer agents and possible use in stroke victims due to the anti-coagulation properties of some of the proteins in snake venom.
However, it is thought that the feeding and environmental conditions could affect the profile of the venom harvested from snakes. The purpose of the study referenced above was to discover whether this was the case with two varieties of Malaysian snakes that are considered medically important. The team used chromatography to separate and identify the different proteins and peptides in the venom. The use of chromatography to screen for compounds in a sample is discussed in the article, Sensitive and Robust Screening of Hundreds of PPCP Compounds Using Online SPE-LC-MS/MS.
The team used chromatography to identify several proteins that had not previously been reported in snake venom. They report:
These data may be utilized for improved antivenom production, understanding pathological effects of envenoming, and the discovery of biologically active peptides with medical and/or biotechnological value.
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