CV Lattes
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Abstract
Envenoming involving snakes from Bothrops genus can be considered a public health and social problem in Brazil, due their prominent local muscle damages, which can lead to limb amputation. Some proteins presented in bothropic venom are directly related to myonecrosis, including different classes of proteinases, phospholipases A2 (PLA2s), PLA2-like toxins and L-amino acid oxidases, that ac…