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| Title: | Natural toxins and their therapeutic potential |
| Authors: | Kapoor, V K |
| Keywords: | Animal toxin
Fungal toxin
Natural toxin
Therapeutic use
Venom |
| Issue Date: | Mar-2010 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| Abstract: | Plants have been extensively investigated
for exploring their therapeutic potentials, but there are comparatively scanty
reports on drugs derived from animal kingdom, except for hormones. During last
decade, the toxins that are used for defense by the animals, have been isolated
and found useful tools for physiological and pharmacological studies, besides
giving valuable leads to drug development. Toxins with interesting results have
been isolated from the venoms of snakes, scorpions, spiders, snails, lizards,
frogs and fish. The present review describe about some toxins as drugs and
their biological activities. Some fungal, bacterial and marine toxins have also
been covered in this article. |
| Page(s): | 228-237 |
| ISSN: | 0975-1009 (Online); 0019-5189 (Print) |
| Source: | IJEB Vol.48(03) [March 2010]
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