Cancer has been one of the most serious public health issues in the world. Traditional medicines are widely used in adjunctive therapies in clinical cancer treatment in many countries. One of the unique traditional me...
Cotton leaf worm, Spodoptera littoralis, is considered one of the most common arthropod pests that contribute to crop devastation of cotton. Previously, agricultural pests were controlled through the application of ch...
Trypanosomiasis afflicts about 6~7 million people globally and to a large extent impedes livestock production in Africa.Naturally,trypanosomal parasites undergo genetic mutation and have developed resistance over a wi...
Supported by Korea Institute of Planning and Evaluation for Technology in Food,Agriculture,Forestry and Fisheries through an Agri-Bio industry Technology Development Program funded by Ministry of Agriculture,Food and Rural Affairs(114070-3).
OBJECTIVE:To investigate the safety of hair essence containing 0.05%purified bee venom(HE-PBV)on the skin and eyes of New Zealand White rabbits.METHODS:HE-PBV which contained 0.05%PBV,purified water,and glycerin,was u...
Supported by the NSFC-Shandong Joint Funds Project(No.U1606404);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41606140);the National Special Research Fund for Non-Profit Marine Sector(No.201005018)
Two species of jellyfish, Cyanea nozakii Kishinouye and Nemopilema nomurai Kishinouye, have occurred offcoastal areas of the northeastern China Sea, Yellow Sea, and Bohai Sea in recent years. They influence marine eco...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81273375);Jiangsu Provincial Qing Lan Project
Amphibian skin contains rich bioactive peptides. Especially, a large amount of antimicrobial peptides have been identified from amphibian skin secretions. Antimicrobial peptides display potent cytolytic activities aga...
Snake venoms are folk medicines used since ages. The components of snake venoms have high specific affinity and actions on cells and cell components. Also snake venoms are largely cytotoxic to tumor cells than normal ...
Fibrinogen-activating enzymes, widely distributed in Crotalidae and Viperidae venoms, are single-chain glycosylated serine proteases that display high macromolecular selectivity and are often referred to as thrombin-l...
Snake venoms,especially those from the two subfamilies,Crotalinae and Viperinae,contained a lot of serine proteases. They were responsible for the hemorrhage,shock,or disorder of blood coagulation after envenomation. ...