Arthropod Venom Components and Their Potential Usage

Gandhi Rádis-Baptista; Katsuhiro Konno

doi:10.3390/toxins12020082

Arthropod Venom Components and Their Potential Usage

Toxins (Basel). 2020 Jan 25;12(2):82. doi: 10.3390/toxins12020082.

Authors

Gandhi Rádis-Baptista¹, Katsuhiro Konno²

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Institute for Marine Sciences, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza CE 60165-081, Brazil.
² Institute of Natural Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, Toyama 930-0194, Japan.

Abstract

Arthropods comprise a predominant and well-succeeded phylum of the animal kingdom that evolved and diversified in millions of species grouped in four subphyla, namely, Chelicerata (arachnids), Crustacea, Myriapoda (centipedes), and Hexapoda (insects) [...].

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Animals
Arthropod Venoms* / chemistry
Arthropod Venoms* / pharmacology
Arthropod Venoms* / therapeutic use
Arthropod Venoms* / toxicity
Insecticides / chemistry
Insecticides / pharmacology
Insecticides / therapeutic use
Insecticides / toxicity
Peptides* / chemistry
Peptides* / pharmacology
Peptides* / therapeutic use
Peptides* / toxicity

Substances

Arthropod Venoms
Insecticides
Peptides