ReviewIranian journal of medical sciences2022
Therapeutic Potential of Bee and Scorpion Venom Phospholipase A2 (PLA2): A Narrative Review.
Review in Iranian journal of medical sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Harnessing bee venom for inflammatory diseases management: from traditional medicine to nanotechnology.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025Pooled it
- From Toxin to Therapy: Biomedical Applications of Bee Venom in Cancer, Diabetes, and Neurodegenerative Disorders.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- A Hydrolase-Rich Venom Beyond Neurotoxins: Integrative Functional Proteomic and Immunoreactivity Analyses Reveal Novel Peptides in the Amazonian ScorpionInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Scorpion venom as a molecular treasure: emerging bioactive compounds and translational therapeutic insights.Archives of toxicology · 2026Review
- Properties and Pharmacology of Scorpion Toxins and Their Biotechnological Potential in Agriculture and Medicine.Toxins · 2025Review
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- Optimizing predictive biomarkers for alzheimer's disease: muscarinic M1 antagonist-induced synaptic signaling disruptions and bee venom intervention through cholinergic modulation and multiregression dose selection.Metabolic brain disease · 2025Article
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- Clinical Evidence of Bee Venom Acupuncture for Ankle Pain: A Review of Clinical Research.Toxins · 2025Review
- Venom-derived peptides for breaking through the glass ceiling of drug development.Frontiers in chemistry · 2024Review
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Venomous arthropods such as scorpions and bees form one of the important groups with an essential role in medical entomology. Their venom possesses a mixture of diverse compounds, such as peptides, some of which have toxic effects, and enzymatic peptide Phospholipase A2 (PLA2) with a pharmacological potential in the treatment of a wide range of diseases. Bee and scorpion venom PLA2 group III has been used in immunotherapy, the treatment of neurodegenerative and inflammatory diseases. They were assessed for antinociceptive, wound healing, anti-cancer, anti-viral, anti-bacterial, anti-parasitic, and anti-angiogenesis effects. PLA2 has been identified in different species of scorpions and bees. The anti-leishmania, anti-bacterial, anti-viral, and anti-malarial activities of scorpion PLA2 still need further investigation. Many pieces of research have been stopped in the laboratory stage, and several studies need vast investigation in the clinical phase to show the pharmacological potential of PLA2. In this review, the medical significance of PLA2 from the venom of two arthropods, namely bees and scorpions, is discussed.
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