A REVIEW ON SPIDER TOXIN: CHANGING POISON INTO MEDICINE
Journal Title: Journal of Biological and Scientific Opinion - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 1
Abstract
Perfectly said by Paracelsus that “Solely the dose determines that a thing is not a poison”. Previously considered poisons are now considered as the medicines in right dose. As the famous Botulinum toxin which was proved to be neurotoxin, now used as to relief chronic pain, depression, cosmetic etc. Many snake venoms are now used to treat deadly diseases such as cancer etc. This article solely focuses on the spider venoms and its medicinal use.
Authors and Affiliations
Sushree Sangita Mohapatra, Arjun Kafle, Sumitra Panigrahi, Subha Ganguly
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