SPIDER BITE IN SRI LANKA: TWO CASE REPORTS OF ENVENOMATION BY TWO TARANTULA SPECIES

Spiders belong to the class Arachnida in the phylum Arthropoda.Although the bite of the Silymarin Complex spider is feared as much as that of venomous snakes in Sri Lanka, spider bite related deaths are not reported in this country.A 43-year-old patient presented with local swelling, pain, bleeding from puncture site and muscle cramps after a Poeci

Along the food production chain of animal, fish, and vegetable products, a huge amount of by-products are generated every year.Major nutritional, financial, and environmental advantages can be achieved by transforming them into functional ingredients for food formulation and fortification.In this review, we investigated various conventional and eme