Kambo: A ritualistic healing substance from an Amazonian frog and a source of new treatments
Journal Title: Open Journal of Pain Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
Kambo is the name of a complex mixture of a number of bioactive peptides, secreted via the skin of a tropical frog, Phyllomedusa bicolor. Since centuries this secretion is harvested from the living animal by members of tribes living in the Amazonian forest, and applied to little wounds in the arms or legs, in order to enhance hunting skills.
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Hesselink Jan M Keppel
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