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Efficacy of snake and scorpion venom derivatives as antiviral and anti cancer agents /

Mohamed Sayed Mohamed Aly

Efficacy of snake and scorpion venom derivatives as antiviral and anti cancer agents / كفاءة مشتقات سموم الثعابين و العقارب كمثبطات للفيروسات و السرطانات Mohamed Sayed Mohamed Aly ; Supervised Mohamed A. Shalaby , Ahmed A. Elsanousi , Aly Fahmy Mohamed - Cairo : Mohamed Sayed Mohamed Aly , 2012 - 119 Leaves : charts , photographs ; 30cm

Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - Department of Virology

The present study aimed to evaluate the antiviral and anticancer potentials of some Egyptian snakes and scorpion venoms as well as the L-amino acid Oxidase concerning the venom cytotoxicity to normal cells and lab animals. Assessment of venoms cytotoxic effect revealed that all of test venoms have a prominent cytotoxic effect of all venoms to cancer cells extremely exceeds that to normal cells MRC-5



Scorpion Snake Venom