R. Fonnegra

TL;DR: Thirty-one of 75 extracts of plants used by traditional healers for snakebites, had moderate or high neutralizing ability against the haemorrhagic effect of Bothrops atrox venom from Antioquia and Chocó, north-western Colombia.

TL;DR: In Antioquia and Choco, traditional healers attend 60% of snakebites as mentioned in this paper, with 20 healers with experience in Bothrops, Porthidium and Bothriechis envenomations interviewed between 1996 and 1998.

TL;DR: Twelve of 74 ethanolic extracts of plants used by traditional healers for snakebites in the northwest region of Colombia, were active against lethal effect of Bothrops atrox venom when they were i.p. injected into mice.

TL;DR: The neutralizing activity of 12 ethanolic extracts of plants against the edema-forming, defibrinating and coagulant effects of Bothrops asper venom in Swiss Webster mice was determined.

TL;DR: The ethanol extracts of eight plants utilized against snakebites by traditional healers in Colombia were examined for their possible inhibitory ability against the venoms of Lachesis muta, Crotalus durissus cumanensis, and Micrurus mipartitus to identify useful plant species for future purification of venom-neutralizing components that might become helpful in the development of supplementary therapies against snakebits.