Applications of snake venoms in treatment of cancer
Snake venoms are folk medicines used since ages. The components of snake venoms have high specific affinity and actions on cells and cell components. Also snake venoms are largely cytotoxic to tumor cells than normal cells. In addition to these, they have several therapeutic actions that make them a...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:80cf1044811a4420be9bd93cb5e15003 2023-05-15T15:01:32+02:00 Applications of snake venoms in treatment of cancer Vagish Kumar Laxman Shanbhag 2015-04-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1016/S2221-1691(15)30344-0 https://doaj.org/article/80cf1044811a4420be9bd93cb5e15003 EN eng Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2221169115303440 https://doaj.org/toc/2221-1691 2221-1691 doi:10.1016/S2221-1691(15)30344-0 https://doaj.org/article/80cf1044811a4420be9bd93cb5e15003 Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, Vol 5, Iss 4, Pp 275-276 (2015) Snake venoms Cancer Management Biotoxins Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Biology (General) QH301-705.5 article 2015 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1016/S2221-1691(15)30344-0 2022-12-31T10:42:50Z Snake venoms are folk medicines used since ages. The components of snake venoms have high specific affinity and actions on cells and cell components. Also snake venoms are largely cytotoxic to tumor cells than normal cells. In addition to these, they have several therapeutic actions that make them an attractive option in the management of cancer. The advent of modern technologies has greatly helped in extracting and identifying new components of therapeutic interests in short time. The article highlights the importance of snake venoms in the management of cancer, so as to motivate curious researchers to devote their skills in this fascinating area. This in turn may bring hope, smile and relief to several cancer patients in future. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine 5 4 275 276 |
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Snake venoms are folk medicines used since ages. The components of snake venoms have high specific affinity and actions on cells and cell components. Also snake venoms are largely cytotoxic to tumor cells than normal cells. In addition to these, they have several therapeutic actions that make them an attractive option in the management of cancer. The advent of modern technologies has greatly helped in extracting and identifying new components of therapeutic interests in short time. The article highlights the importance of snake venoms in the management of cancer, so as to motivate curious researchers to devote their skills in this fascinating area. This in turn may bring hope, smile and relief to several cancer patients in future. |
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