The fascination and fear of snakes dates back to time immemorial, with the first scientific
treatise on snakebite envenoming, the Brooklyn Medical Papyrus, dating from ancient Egypt …

Snake venoms are complex mixtures of small molecules and peptides/proteins, and most of
them display certain kinds of bioactivities. They include neurotoxic, cytotoxic, cardiotoxic …

Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by species of Leishmania, with a
broad spectrum of clinical manifestations, such as cutaneous, visceral, and mucocutaneous …

Snake venoms are natural sources of biologically active molecules that are able to act
selectively and specifically on different cellular targets, modulating physiological functions …

A global public health crisis has emerged with the extensive dissemination of multidrug-
resistant microorganisms. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) from plants and animals have …

Animal secretions are of great interest in terms of drug development due to their complex
protein and peptide composition. Especially, in the field of therapeutic medications such as …

In Colombia, South America, there is a subspecies of the South American rattlesnake
Crotalus durissus, C. d. cumanensis, a snake of the Viperidae family, whose presence has …

Background: Protozoal infection is a lingering public health issue of great concern, despite
efforts to produce drugs and vaccines against it. Recent breakthrough research has …

Crotamine is a polypeptide toxin isolated from rattlesnake venom. Although several studies
have been developed identifying many biological effects of isolated crotamine, none of them …

Leishmaniasis is an endemic disease in more than 90 countries, constituting a relevant
public health problem. Limited treatment options, increase in resistance, and therapeutic …