Overall,the present results,for the first time,give scientific
support for the popular use of Combretum leprosum extract in the
treatment of snakebites in Northeast Brazil.Our data highlight an
important component of crude extract of Combretum leprosum,
arjunolic acid,which can be promising as an antiophidic substance, once it was able to neutralize critical points in the tissue damage process induced by the properties of Bothrops jararacussu
and Bothrops jararaca venom here by investigated.