
Animal venoms
their source, composition, and uses
- 342 pages
- English
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Animal venoms
their source, composition, and uses
About this book
Animal venoms their source, composition, and uses explains the readers about the various sources of venom and informs them about the ways in which animal venom is extracted. The readers are also informed about the various uses of animal venom and the various application related to it. It provides the readers with the required insights on the several applications of venom and explain the importance of venom in treatment of some serious diseases and uses in medicines. This book also discusses about the background on animal toxins and venoms, some new aspects of venom, the latest finding in animal venom, discussion on snake venom, peptide therapy that is based on venom, the various trends in pharmacology and biochemistry, peptides obtained from scorpions and the anticancer effects of the jellyfish venom.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- DECLARATION
- ABOUT THE EDITORS
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- List of Contributors
- List of Abbreviations
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Animal Venoms and Toxins: The Background
- Chapter 2 Looking At New Aspects of Venoms: Composition and Uses
- Chapter 3 Latest Research In Animal Venoms: Glimpses
- Chapter 4 Snake Venom: Composition, and Therapeutic Potential
- Chapter 5 Dynamics of Venom Composition Across A Complex Life Cycle
- Chapter 6 Snake Venom Peptides: Tools of Biodiscovery
- Chapter 7 Venom-based Peptide Therapy: Insights into Anti-cancer Mechanism
- Chapter 8 Snake Venom L-Amino Acid Oxidases: Trends in Pharmacology and Biochemistry
- Chapter 9 Scorpion Peptides: Potential Use for New Drug Development
- Chapter 10 Anticancer Effect of Nemopilema nomurai Jellyfish Venom on HepG2 Cells and a Tumor Xenograft Animal Model
- Index
- Back Cover