Harnessing the Power of Venomous Animal-Derived Toxins against COVID-19

Animal-derived venoms are complex mixtures of toxins triggering important biological effects during envenomings. Although venom-derived toxins are known for their potential of causing harm to victims, toxins can also act as pharmacological agents. During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was observed an...

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Autores principales: Oliveira, Isadora, Ferreira, Isabela, Jacob, Beatriz, Cardenas, Kiara, Cerni, Felipe, Baia-da-Silva, Djane, Arantes, Eliane, Monteiro, Wuelton, Pucca, Manuela
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Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9967918/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36828473
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins15020159
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author Oliveira, Isadora
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Jacob, Beatriz
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Cerni, Felipe
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Arantes, Eliane
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Pucca, Manuela
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description Animal-derived venoms are complex mixtures of toxins triggering important biological effects during envenomings. Although venom-derived toxins are known for their potential of causing harm to victims, toxins can also act as pharmacological agents. During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was observed an increase in in-depth studies on antiviral agents, and since, to date, there has been no completely effective drug against the global disease. This review explores the crosstalk of animal toxins and COVID-19, aiming to map potential therapeutic agents derived from venoms (e.g., bees, snakes, scorpions, etc.) targeting COVID-19.
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spelling pubmed-99679182023-02-27 Harnessing the Power of Venomous Animal-Derived Toxins against COVID-19 Oliveira, Isadora Ferreira, Isabela Jacob, Beatriz Cardenas, Kiara Cerni, Felipe Baia-da-Silva, Djane Arantes, Eliane Monteiro, Wuelton Pucca, Manuela Toxins (Basel) Review Animal-derived venoms are complex mixtures of toxins triggering important biological effects during envenomings. Although venom-derived toxins are known for their potential of causing harm to victims, toxins can also act as pharmacological agents. During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was observed an increase in in-depth studies on antiviral agents, and since, to date, there has been no completely effective drug against the global disease. This review explores the crosstalk of animal toxins and COVID-19, aiming to map potential therapeutic agents derived from venoms (e.g., bees, snakes, scorpions, etc.) targeting COVID-19. MDPI 2023-02-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9967918/ /pubmed/36828473 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins15020159 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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