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Roots extract of plant can
be used for snake Bite
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Nandakumar: Scientists from the University of Kerala and the Kerala
State Biodiversity Board (KSBB) have come up with evidence that the root
extract of a plant endemic to the Western Ghats and the evergreen forests in
the Indian subcontinent is effective against the venom of the Russell’s
viper.
The study, published in the latest
edition of the Journal of Ethnopharmacology brought out by Elsevier,
provides scientific validation of folk medicine practised by tribal healers. The
extract of Ophiorrhiza mungos, commonly known as Keeri pacha or Keeri
purandan in Malayalam, was found to neutralise the venom of the Russell’s viper
( Daboia russelii ). A potent haemotoxin, the viper venom acts on the
circulatory system, bringing about coagulation of the blood and clotting of the
pulmonary arteries in bite victims. It can cause death unless a remedy is
speedily applied.
Insensate model tested
The study found that the root
extract of O. mungos had compounds with the power to neutralise the viper
venom and inhibit its activity. The research team, including Anaswara Krishnan
S. from the Department of Zoology, Dileepkumar R. from the Centre for Venom
Informatics, Achuthsankar S. Nair from the Department of Computational Biology
and Bioinformatics under the university, and Oommen V. Oommen, Chairman, KSBB,
used early-developing chick embryos as an insensate model to test the efficacy
of the anti-venom. The plant root extract was found to abolish traces of
haemorrhagic lesions induced by the viper venom in the chick embryos.
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