Snake Venoms in Drug Discovery: Valuable Therapeutic Tools for Life Saving

Animal venoms are used as defense mechanisms or to immobilize and digest prey. In fact, venoms are complex mixtures of enzymatic and non-enzymatic components with specific pathophysiological functions. Peptide toxins isolated from animal venoms target mainly ion channels, membrane receptors and comp...

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Main Authors: Tarek Mohamed Abd El-Aziz, Antonio Garcia Soares, James D. Stockand
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-09-01
Series:Toxins
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/11/10/564