Screening and isolation of anti snake venom phytochemicals from folk medicinal plants

Abstract

Snakebites are an occupational and environmental disease. It is a common occurrence in tropical and subtropical countries (Warrell, 2010). It is common in agricultural countries affecting farmers and plantation workers leading to significant increase in mortality and morbidity. In 2009, World Health organization (WHO) has declared snakebites as a neglected tropical disease (Warrell, 2010; Gupta and Peshin, 2014). The precise number of deaths due to snakebite is not properly established and it continues to be a public health problem in most of the countries. newline