Snail and slug mucus is a viscous-elastic substance secreted by specific glands with
adhesive and lubricants properties that allows them to adhere tenaciously to many different …

Snails can provide a considerable variety of bioactive compounds for cosmetic and
pharmaceutical industries, useful for the development of new formulations with less toxicity …

This study reports the novel use of Achatina fulica (A. fulica) mucus as a potential
therapeutic repair agent in osteoarthritis and cartilage tissue repair in vitro. Snail mucus was …

In this work, for the first time, snail slime from garden snails “Helix Aspersa Müller”, has been
used to induce the formation of eco-friendly gold nanoparticles (AuNPs-SS) suitable for …

Natural products have long played a major role in medicine and science. The garden snail
Cornu aspersum is a rich source of biologically active natural substances that might be an …

Molluscan hemolymph is a unique kind of body fluid, which in many respects is analogous to
human blood, although there are several crucial differences. Here, for the first time, we …

Biobased extracts comprise various bioactive components and they are widely used in
tissue engineering applications to increase bioactivity as well as physical characteristics of …

Objectives: The aim of the present research is to elucidate the anti-oxidant and anti-tumor
activities of the mucin extracted from Ereminia desertorum snails mucus against two types of …

Snails produce various kinds of slime, which serve a variety of purposes and are
increasingly being used in medicinal and aesthetic employs. This study aimed to evaluate …

Colorectal cancer is the third most widely diagnosed cancer. Extracts from snails may
modulate growth and development of colorectal cancer cells. The objective of this study was …