From animal poisons and venoms to medicines: achievements, challenges and perspectives in drug discovery

KCF Bordon, CT Cologna, EC Fornari-Baldo… - Frontiers in …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Animal poisons and venoms are comprised of different classes of molecules displaying wide-
ranging pharmacological activities. This review aims to provide an in-depth view of toxin …

Discovery and development of calcium channel blockers

T Godfraind - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2017‏ - frontiersin.org
In the mid 1960s, experimental work on molecules under screening as coronary dilators
allowed the discovery of the mechanism of calcium entry blockade by drugs later named …

Microneedle-mediated delivery of Ziconotide-loaded liposomes fused with exosomes for analgesia

K Song, Y Hao, X Tan, H Huang, L Wang… - Journal of Controlled …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Ziconotide (ZIC) is an N-type calcium channel antagonist for treating severe chronic pain
that is intolerable, or responds poorly to the administration of other drugs, such as intrathecal …

Animal models of pain: diversity and benefits

C Abboud, A Duveau, R Bouali-Benazzouz… - Journal of neuroscience …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Chronic pain is a maladaptive neurological disease that remains a major health problem. A
deepening of our knowledge on mechanisms that cause pain is a prerequisite to develo** …

[HTML][HTML] Polypharmacological cell-penetrating peptides from venomous marine animals based on immunomodulating, antimicrobial, and anticancer properties

S Hemmati, H Rasekhi Kazerooni - Marine Drugs, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Complex pathological diseases, such as cancer, infection, and Alzheimer's, need to be
targeted by multipronged curative. Various omics technologies, with a high rate of data …

[HTML][HTML] Intranasal administration for pain: oxytocin and other polypeptides

VN Bharadwaj, AZ Tzabazis, M Klukinov, NA Manering… - Pharmaceutics, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Pain, particularly chronic pain, remains one of the most debilitating and difficult-to-treat
conditions in medicine. Chronic pain is difficult to treat, in part because it is associated with …

Facile nose-to-brain delivery of rotigotine-loaded polymer micelles thermosensitive hydrogels: In vitro characterization and in vivo behavior study

F Wang, Z Yang, M Liu, Y Tao, Z Li, Z Wu… - International Journal of …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
A rotigotine (ROT)-loaded polymer micelles thermosensitive gel (ROT-PM-TSG) delivery
system was engineered to enhance the solubility of the drug, prolong the residence time …

Lavender oil reduces depressive mood in healthy individuals and enhances the activity of single oxytocin neurons of the hypothalamus isolated from mice: a …

K Ogata, K Ataka, H Suzuki, T Yagi… - Evidence‐Based …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Background. The aim of the present study was to assess the effects of lavender oil inhalation
on blood pressure, pulse measurements, cortisol levels, depressive mood, and anxiety in …

Fabrication and characterization of clozapine nanoemulsion sol–gel for intranasal administration

MSA Tan, P Pandey, RJ Lohman… - Molecular …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Clozapine is the most effective antipsychotic for treatment-resistant schizophrenia. However,
it causes many adverse drug reactions (ADRs), which lead to poor treatment outcomes …

[PDF][PDF] Novel encapsulation of lycopene in niosomes and assessment of its anticancer activity

P Sharma, P Saxena, A Jaswanth… - J. Bioequiv …, 2016‏ - academia.edu
The lycopene is a naturally occurring bioactive constituent of Lycopersicum esculentum and
its use in the prevention of cancer and diabetes. Develo** effective therapy using a …