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. 2019 Sep 25;11(10):564. doi: 10.3390/toxins11100564

Table 1.

Antimicrobial activity of snake venoms.

Properties Target Microbe Factor (Protein/Peptide) Source (Snake Specie)
Antibacterial Gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria L-amino acid oxidase Bothrop alternatus, Bothrop pirajai, Bothrop asper, Bothrop leucurus, Crotalus adamanteus, Daboia russelli russelli, Ophiophagus hannah and Pseudechis australis
Phospholipase (PLA2) Bothrop asper, Bothrop jararacussu, Bothrop pirajai, Bothrop moojeni, Bungarus faciatus and Crotalus durissus terrificus
Antiviral Measles, yellow fever and dengue viruses Crotoxin and PLA2 Crotalus durissus terrificus
Sendai virus Cytotoxins Naja nigricollis
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) L-amino acid oxidase Trimeresurus stejnegeri, Bungarus candidus, Naja naja and Naja kaouthia
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) Crotoxin, PLA2 and crotapotin Crotalus durissus terrificus
Antifungal Candida parapsilosis and Sporothrix schenckii Metalloproteinases and PLA2 Crotalus durissus cumanensis
Crotamine Crotalus durissus terrificus
Antiparasitic Leishmania species, Plasmodium falciparum and Trypanosoma cruzi L-amino-acid oxidases Brothrops snakes