Venomous animals have evolved toxins that interfere with specific components of their
victim's core physiological systems, thereby causing biological dysfunction that aids in prey …

This review gives an overview on the development of research on spider venoms with a
focus on structure and function of venom components and techniques of analysis. Major …

Natural products (NPs) have a long history as a source of, and inspiration for, novel
agrochemicals. Many of the existing herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides have their …

Introduction: Animal venoms are complex chemical arsenals. Most venoms are rich in
bioactive peptides with proven potential as research tools, drug leads and drugs. Areas …

Animal venoms are complex mixtures containing peptides and proteins known as toxins,
which are responsible for the deleterious effect of envenomations. Across the animal …

The public perception of spiders and scorpions is skewed towards the potential harm they
can inflict in humans, despite recent scientific evidence that arachnid venom components …

Spiders have been evolving complex and diverse repertoires of peptides in their venoms
with vast pharmacological activities for more than 300 million years. Spiders use their …

Spider venoms are complex chemical arsenals that contain a rich variety of insecticidal
toxins. However, the major toxin class in many spider venoms is disulfide‐rich peptides …

The assassin bug venom system plays diverse roles in prey capture, defence and extra-oral
digestion, but it is poorly characterised, partly due to its anatomical complexity. Here we …

Abstract Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) represent a taxonomically diverse group of
arthropods comprising nearly 13,000 extant species. Sixteen ant subfamilies have …