Venomous snake bites: clinical diagnosis and treatment

Table 1 Enzymes in the snake venoms

Enzyme	Mamushi	Habu	Yamakagashi
Non-hemorrhagic metalloproteinase	+	+	+
HR1	+	+
HR2	+	+
Phospholipase A2	+	+
TAME esterase	+	+
L-amino acid oxidase	+	+
Hyaluronidase	+	+
Phosphodiesterase	+	+
Phosphomonoesterase	+	+
ATPase	+	+
5′-nucleotidase	+	+
Endonuclease	+	+
NAD-nucleosidase	+	±
Alginine ester hydrolase	+	+
Thrombin-like enzyme	+	+	±
Endopeptidase	+	+
Bradykinin-releasing enzyme	+	+

+ indicates the presence of the enzyme, − indicates the absence of the enzyme, blank space indicates unknown whether the venom contains the given enzyme, HR 1 hemorrhagic factor-1, HR-2 hemorrhagic factor-2, TAME p-toluenesulfonyl-L-arginine methyl ester, ATPase adenosine triphosphatase, NAD nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide.

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