The modular nature of bradykinin-potentiating peptides isolated from snake venoms

• Published in: Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Juliana Mozer Sciani, Daniel Carvalho Pimenta
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SciELO 2017
• Subjects: Bothrops jararaca; Venom; Snake venom; Bradykinin-potentiating peptides; BPP; Modules; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Toxicology. Poisons; RA1190-1270; Zoology; QL1-991; Arctic; Ferreira
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40409-017-0134-7; https://doaj.org/article/f8a0a0cfb5494799860f8b632987d4aa

Abstract Bradykinin-potentiating peptides (BPPs) are molecules discovered by Sergio Ferreira – who found them in the venom of Bothrops jararaca in the 1960s – that literally potentiate the action of bradykinin in vivo by, allegedly, inhibiting the angiotensin-converting enzymes. After administration...