The medicinal use of venoms and toxins
Palatty, P.L.; Saldanha, E.
Journal of the Indian Medical Association 111(1): 51-53
2013
ISSN/ISBN: 0019-5847 PMID: 24000509 Document Number: 665487
Venoms have long since been known to have therapeutic value. Venoms have been characterised into their individual components and each of their functions extensively studied. These components of venoms and toxins show potential as antihypertensive, anticoagulant, fibrinolytic, anticancerous, immunomodulators, muscle relaxant, etc. Only the most promising and FDA approved and therapeutic options have been discussed here eg, hannalgesin, epibatidine, ancrod, lepirudin, fibrolase, lebecetin, pseutarin, captopril, eristostatin, botox.