Melittin, a major peptide component of bee venom, and its conjugates in cancer therapy

I Rady, IA Siddiqui, M Rady, H Mukhtar - Cancer letters, 2017 - Elsevier
Melittin (MEL), a major peptide component of bee venom, is an attractive candidate for
cancer therapy. This agent has shown a variety of anti-cancer effects in preclinical cell …

Applications and evolution of melittin, the quintessential membrane active peptide

S Guha, RP Ferrie, J Ghimire, CR Ventura, E Wu… - Biochemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Melittin, the main venom component of the European Honeybee, is a cationic linear peptide-
amide of 26 amino acid residues with the sequence: GIGAVLKVLTTGLPALISWIKRKRQQ …

Honeybee venom and melittin suppress growth factor receptor activation in HER2-enriched and triple-negative breast cancer

C Duffy, A Sorolla, E Wang, E Golden… - NPJ precision …, 2020 - nature.com
Despite decades of study, the molecular mechanisms and selectivity of the biomolecular
components of honeybee (Apis mellifera) venom as anticancer agents remain largely …

Bee venom in cancer therapy

N Oršolić - Cancer and metastasis reviews, 2012 - Springer
Abstract Bee venom (BV)(api-toxin) has been widely used in the treatment of some immune-
related diseases, as well as in recent times in treatment of tumors. Several cancer cells …

Therapeutic application of anti-arthritis, pain-releasing, and anti-cancer effects of bee venom and its constituent compounds

DJ Son, JW Lee, YH Lee, HS Song, CK Lee… - Pharmacology & …, 2007 - Elsevier
Bee venom (BV) therapy (BVT), the therapeutic application of BV, has been used in
traditional medicine to treat diseases, such as arthritis, rheumatism, pain, cancerous tumors …

Anti-inflammatory applications of melittin, a major component of bee venom: detailed mechanism of action and adverse effects

G Lee, H Bae - Molecules, 2016 - mdpi.com
Inflammation is a pervasive phenomenon triggered by the innate and adaptive immune
systems to maintain homeostasis. The phenomenon normally leads to recovery from …

[HTML][HTML] Review of the anticancer activities of bee products

P Premratanachai, C Chanchao - Asian Pacific journal of tropical …, 2014 - Elsevier
Bee products have long been used in traditional medicine. The raw materials, crude extracts
and purified active compounds from them have been found to exhibit interesting …

Chemical characterization, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and cytotoxic properties of bee venom collected in Northeast Portugal

F Sobral, A Sampaio, S Falcão, MJRP Queiroz… - Food and Chemical …, 2016 - Elsevier
Bee venom (BV) or apitoxin is a complex mixture of substances with reported biological
activity. In the present work, five bee venom samples obtained from Apis mellifera iberiensis …

The nociceptive and anti-nociceptive effects of bee venom injection and therapy: a double-edged sword

J Chen, WR Lariviere - Progress in neurobiology, 2010 - Elsevier
Bee venom injection as a therapy, like many other complementary and alternative medicine
approaches, has been used for thousands of years to attempt to alleviate a range of …

[HTML][HTML] Arthropod venoms and cancer

TE Heinen, ABG da Veiga - Toxicon, 2011 - Elsevier
Many active principles produced by animals, plants and microorganisms have been
employed in the development of new drugs to treat diseases such as cancer. Among the …