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| Soares,MA; Pujatti,PB; Fortes-Dias,CL; Antonelli,L; Santos,RG. |
| The basic knowledge on neoplasms is increasing quickly; however, few advances have been achieved in clinical therapy against tumors. For this reason, the development of alternative drugs is relevant in the attempt to improve prognosis and to increase patients' survival. Snake venoms are natural sources of bioactive substances with therapeutic potential. The objective of this work was to identify and characterize the antitumoral effect of Crotalus durissus terrificus venom (CV) and its polypeptide, crotoxin, on benign and malignant tumors, respectively, pituitary adenoma and glioblastoma. The results demonstrated that CV possess a powerful antitumoral effect on benign (pituitary adenoma) and malignant (glioblastoma multiforme) tumors with IC50 values of... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Crotalus durissus terrificus venom; Crotoxin; Antitumoral effect; Pituitary adenoma; Glioblastoma multiforme. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992010000300015 |
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