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i want to know about marine related bio medicinal drugs

2007-02-23 12:53:12 · 1 answers · asked by krishna murthy duraisamy 1 in Environment

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there are lots of them, I would start with looking at painkilling drugs like from the cone shell venom

Here is a selection from wikipedia:
"The venom of some cone snails, such as the magician cone snail, show much promise for providing a non-addictive pain reliever 1000 times as powerful as, and possibly a replacement for, morphine. Many peptides produced by the cone snails show prospects for being potent pharmaceuticals, such as AVC1, isolated from the Australian cone shell Conus victoriae. This has proved very effective in treating post-surgical and neuropathic pain, even accelerating recovery from nerve injury. The first painkiller Ziconotide derived from cone snail toxins was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in December 2004. Other drugs are in clinical and preclinical trials, such as compounds of the toxin that may be used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and epilepsy."

2007-02-23 13:01:17 · answer #1 · answered by ♪ ♫ ☮ NYbron ☮ ♪ ♫ 6 · 0 0

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