Toxins in Drug Discovery and Pharmacology

• Autor principal: Steve Peigneur (Ed.) (auth)
• Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
• Lenguaje: inglés
• Publicado: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Materias: Pharmacology; calcium channels; acetylcholine receptors; peptides; botulinum toxins; TRP channels; spider venom peptides; sodium channels; opiate receptors; Antibiotics; cone snail venom; potassium channels; chloride ion channels; ASIC channels; NMDA receptor; antimicrobial peptides
• Acceso en línea: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Venoms from marine and terrestrial animals (cone snails, scorpions, spiders, snakes, centipedes, cnidarian, etc.) can be seen as untapped cocktails of biologically active compounds that are being increasingly recognized as a new emerging source of peptide-based therapeutics. Venomous animals are con...