Snake venom peptides: Tools of biodiscovery

A Munawar, SA Ali, A Akrem, C Betzel - Toxins, 2018 - mdpi.com
Nature endowed snakes with a lethal secretion known as venom, which has been fine-tuned
over millions of years of evolution. Snakes utilize venom to subdue their prey and to survive …

Pharmacological alternatives for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders: Wasp and bee venoms and their components as new neuroactive tools

J Silva, V Monge-Fuentes, F Gomes, K Lopes… - Toxins, 2015 - mdpi.com
Neurodegenerative diseases are relentlessly progressive, severely impacting affected
patients, families and society as a whole. Increased life expectancy has made these …

Простые лекарственные средства

ИД Кароматов - 2012 - elibrary.ru
Монография попытка автора воссоединить воедино данные народной, традиционной
и научной медицины по применению лекарственных средств натурального …

The Honey Bee Apis mellifera: An Insect at the Interface between Human and Ecosystem Health

G Papa, R Maier, A Durazzo, M Lucarini, IK Karabagias… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Apis mellifera Linnaeus (1758), a honey bee, is a eusocial insect widely
known for its role in pollination, an essential ecosystem service for plant biodiversity, and …

Immunology of bee venom

D Elieh Ali Komi, F Shafaghat, RD Zwiener - Clinical reviews in allergy & …, 2018 - Springer
Bee venom is a blend of biochemicals ranging from small peptides and enzymes to biogenic
amines. It is capable of triggering severe immunologic reactions owing to its allergenic …

Animal toxins as therapeutic tools to treat neurodegenerative diseases

JM De Souza, BDC Goncalves, MV Gomez… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Neurodegenerative diseases affect millions of individuals worldwide. So far, no disease-
modifying drug is available to treat patients, making the search for effective drugs an urgent …

Histamine and histamine receptors in pathogenesis and treatment of multiple sclerosis

F Jadidi-Niaragh, A Mirshafiey - Neuropharmacology, 2010 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease associated with chronic inflammatory
demyelination of the central nervous system (CNS). Due to disease complexity and …

Neuroprotective effects of bee venom acupuncture therapy against rotenone-induced oxidative stress and apoptosis

WKB Khalil, N Assaf, SA ElShebiney… - Neurochemistry …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Parkinson's disease (PD), the most common neurodegenerative movement
disorder, is characterized by dopaminergic neurodegeneration, mitochondrial impairment …

Brown Spider (Loxosceles genus) Venom Toxins: Tools for Biological Purposes

OM Chaim, D Trevisan-Silva, D Chaves-Moreira… - Toxins, 2011 - mdpi.com
Venomous animals use their venoms as tools for defense or predation. These venoms are
complex mixtures, mainly enriched of proteic toxins or peptides with several, and different …

Bee venom (Apis mellifera L.) rescues zinc oxide nanoparticles induced neurobehavioral and neurotoxic impact via controlling neurofilament and GAP-43 in rat brain

NZH Eleiwa, MAA Ali, EN Said, MMM Metwally… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
This study investigated the possible beneficial role of the bee venom (BV, Apis mellifera L.)
against zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZNPs)-induced neurobehavioral and neurotoxic impacts in …