Abstract
Snakes of Bothrops genus and Crotalus durissus terrificus subspecies are of great medical importance in Brasil due to the high rate of snakebite accidents in the country. The complex mixture of enzymes from the families of phospholipase-A2, metalloproteases and serinoproteases is responsible for the myotoxic, hemorrhagic and coagulating disorders caused by the botropic venom, while the cr…