Natural toxins and their therapeutic potential.
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.
G. H. G. Khalsa College of Pharmacy, Gurusar Sadhar, Ludhiana 141 104, India. vikkuips@yahoo.com
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D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008387:Marine Toxins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009183:Mycotoxins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014118:Toxins, Biological / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014688:Venoms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000627:therapeutic use
D008387:Marine Toxins; D009183:Mycotoxins; D014118:Toxins, Biological; D014688:Venoms