Bee venom: composition and anticancer properties

G Gajski, E Leonova, N Sjakste - Toxins, 2024 - mdpi.com
Among the various natural compounds used in alternative and Oriental medicine, toxins
isolated from different organisms have had their application for many years, and Apis …

Snake venom: from deadly toxins to life-saving therapeutics

H Waheed, SF Moin… - Current medicinal …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Snakes are fascinating creatures and have been residents of this planet well before ancient
humans dwelled the earth. Venomous snakes have been a figure of fear, and cause notable …

Perspectives and controversies regarding the use of natural products for the treatment of lung cancer

T Wen, L Song, S Hua - Cancer Medicine, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer‐related mortality both in men and women and
accounts for 18.4% of all cancer‐related deaths. Although advanced therapy methods have …

A research update on the antitumor effects of active components of Chinese medicine ChanSu

J Jia, J Li, Q Zheng, D Li - Frontiers in Oncology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Clinical data show that the incidence and mortality rates of cancer are rising continuously,
and cancer has become an ongoing public health challenge worldwide. Excitingly, the …

Integration of organoids in peptide drug discovery: Rise of the high‐throughput screening

S Zhang, J Shen, X Wang, X Sun, Y Wu, MR Zhang… - View, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Organoids are three‐dimensional cell aggregates with near‐physiologic cell behaviors and
can undergo long‐term expansion in vitro. They are amenable to high‐throughput drug …

[HTML][HTML] Anticancer activity of toxins from bee and snake venom—An overview on ovarian cancer

MA Moga, OG Dimienescu, CA Arvătescu, P Ifteni… - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Cancer represents the disease of the millennium, a major problem in public health. The
proliferation of tumor cells, angiogenesis, and the relationship between the cancer cells and …

Self-assembling toxin-based nanoparticles as self-delivered antitumoral drugs

L Sánchez-García, N Serna, P Álamo, R Sala… - Journal of Controlled …, 2018 - Elsevier
Loading capacity and drug leakage from vehicles during circulation in blood is a major
concern when develo** nanoparticle-based cell-targeted cytotoxics. To circumvent this …

Scorpion venom–toxins that aid in drug development: a review

A Ghosh, R Roy, M Nandi, A Mukhopadhyay - International journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Scorpion venom components have multifaceted orientation against bacterial, viral, fungal
infections and other neuronal disorders. They can modulate the ion channels (K+, Na+, Cl …

Snake venom components in medicine: From the symbolic rod of Asclepius to tangible medical research and application

MI Estevão-Costa, R Sanz-Soler… - The international journal …, 2018 - Elsevier
Both mythologically and logically, snakes have always fascinated man. Snakes have
attracted both awe and fear not only because of the elegant movement of their limbless …

Snake venom, a potential treatment for melanoma. A systematic review

TS Bialves, CLQB Junior, MF Cordeiro… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite advances in treating patients with melanoma, there are still many treatment
challenges to overcome. Studies with snake venom-derived proteins/peptides describe their …