title: The medicinal use of venoms and toxins.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Fr Muller Medical College, Mangalore, India.
authors.forename: Princy Louis
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Palatty
authors.forename: Elroy
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Saldanha
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D015195:Drug Design; D006801:Humans; D014118:Toxins, Biological / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014688:Venoms / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D014118:Toxins, Biological; D014688:Venoms