Cytotoxic effects of crotoxin from Crotalus durissus terrificus snake in canine mammary tumor cell lines
Giovana Pedro,
Felipe César da Silva Brasileiro,
Jamile Mariano Macedo
et al.
Abstract:Background:
Mammary gland tumors are the most prevalent neoplasm in intact female dogs,
and they are good natural models to study comparative oncology. Most canine
mammary malignancies, as in women, are commonly refractory to conventional
therapies and demand continuous new therapeutic approaches.
Crotalus
durissus terrificus
, also called rattlesnake, has more than 60
different proteins in its venom with multiple pharmaceutical uses, such as
antitumor, antiviral, and an… Show more
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