Advanced Research on Animal Venoms in China
A special issue of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Venoms".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2023) | Viewed by 27576
Special Issue Editors
Interests: venomous animals; environmental adaptation; animal toxins; peptides; structure-function; proteomics; drug discovery; thrombus; inflammation; ion channels
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Interests: animal toxins; structure-function; natural medicines; drug discovery; platelets; thrombus
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Animals such as snakes, scorpions, spiders, wasps, centipedes, cone snails and toads have evolved to produce venoms in order to adapt to specific ecological environments, as well as for defense or predation. Animal toxins possess rich diversity, high activity and high specificity, which are main reasons why venomous animals have been used in traditional Chinese medicines for thousands of years. These toxins are able to affect the normal functioning of the human body through various physiological and biochemical mechanisms. Animal toxins have become powerful probes to analyze the structure–function of ion channels and receptors. They are also good tools for exploring physiological and pathological mechanisms. In addition, animal toxins are valuable resources for the discovery of innovative drugs.
Recently, Chinese researchers have made many exciting discoveries pertaining to animal toxins. The purpose of this issue is to provide the latest research on the discovery of animal toxins, the mechanism underlining their actions, mining of drug leads from toxins, and the diagnosis and treatment of bites or stings by venomous animals in China. In order to enhance our understanding of these important issues, we encourage experts in the field of animal toxins to contribute research papers and comments on various aspects of animal toxins to this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Ren Lai
Dr. Qiumin Lu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- venom
- toxin
- receptor
- ion channel
- snake bites
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