All venomous animals can produce venoms consisting of a highly complex mixture of biologically active compounds (Fry et al., 2009). Snake, scorpion, and cone snail venoms became the topic of new studies for understanding biochemical composition, and the mechanisms by which their venoms cause harmful effects, in order to apply their pharmacological activities in the clinical benefits (Lewis and Garcia, 2003).
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