Cone snails: A big store of conotoxins for novel drug discovery

B Gao, C Peng, J Yang, Y Yi, J Zhang, Q Shi - Toxins, 2017 - mdpi.com
Marine drugs have developed rapidly in recent decades. Cone snails, a group of more than
700 species, have always been one of the focuses for new drug discovery. These venomous …

Animal protein toxins: origins and therapeutic applications

N Chen, S Xu, Y Zhang, F Wang - Biophysics reports, 2018 - Springer
Venomous animals on the earth have been found to be valuable resources for the
development of therapeutics. Enzymatic and non-enzymatic proteins and peptides are the …

[HTML][HTML] Prevention, inhibition, and degradation effects of melittin alone and in combination with vancomycin and rifampin against strong biofilm producer strains of …

R Mirzaei, MY Alikhani, CR Arciola, I Sedighi… - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE) bacteria are being recognized as
true pathogens as they are able to resist methicillin and commonly form biofilms. Recent …

Hydrophilic interaction chromatography for the analysis of biopharmaceutical drugs and therapeutic peptides: A review based on the separation characteristics of the …

T Ikegami - Journal of separation science, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Applications of hydrophilic interaction chromatography for the analysis of biopharmaceutical
drugs, ie, glycosylated proteins represented by monoclonal antibodies are discussed in the …

Antibiofilm effect of melittin alone and in combination with conventional antibiotics toward strong biofilm of MDR-MRSA and -Pseudomonas aeruginosa

R Mirzaei, H Esmaeili Gouvarchin Ghaleh… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens are being recognized as a critical threat to
human health if they can form biofilm and, in this sense, biofilm-forming MDR-methicillin …

Why to study peptides from venomous and poisonous animals?

AN de Oliveira, AM Soares, SL Da Silva - International Journal of Peptide …, 2023 - Springer
Venom and poison peptides are powerful biological weapons and have proven immense
pharmacological potential because of their high binding affinity to a wide range of molecular …

Highly Synergistic Effects of Melittin With Vancomycin and Rifampin Against Vancomycin and Rifampin Resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis

R Mirzaei, MY Alikhani, CR Arciola, I Sedighi… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE) strains are increasingly emerging
as serious pathogens because they can be resistant to many antibiotics called multidrug …

Fast killing kinetics, significant therapeutic index, and high stability of melittin-derived antimicrobial peptide

R Akbari, M Hakemi Vala, JM Sabatier… - Amino Acids, 2022 - Springer
The emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria is a major challenge for antimicrobial
chemotherapy. Concerning this issue, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have been presented …

Improving bactericidal performance of implant composite coatings by synergism between Melittin and tetracycline

V Zarghami, M Ghorbani, KP Bagheri… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Springer
Methicillin resistance Staphylococcus aureus bacteria (MRSA) are serious hazards of bone
implants. The present study was aimed to use the potential synergistic effects of Melittin and …

Eradication of vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on a mouse model of third-degree burn infection by melittin: an antimicrobial peptide from bee venom

P Bevalian, F Pashaei, R Akbari, KP Bagheri - Toxicon, 2021 - Elsevier
Third-degree burn infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria are of high clinical
concern. Chemical antibiotics are not promising in eradication of bacterial infections. In this …