Effect on the Central Nervous System
The attack on the central nervous system will lead to cardiovascular collapse and, eventually, the victim will lapse into a comatose state. Consequently, the recipient of the bite will soon die of respiratory failure.
The venom of the King Cobra is primarily composed of neurotoxins, although it also contains some cardiotoxic compounds among others The neurotoxin in the king cobra venom is called phospholipase A2. α-Neurotoxins are a group of nuerotoxin snake peptidesthat comes from the venom of snakes who belong to the family elapidae and Hydrophidae that casuses paralysis, respiratory failure, and death. they attack the postsynaptic nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in the nueromusclar synaspe that binds to the synaspe receptor and prevents acetylcholine from opening sodium gates. . |