Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2021
  • Volume: 38
  • Issue: 2

Therapeutic potential of scorpion venom in cancer treatment as anticancer agent: A review

  • Author:
  • Sejal Singh Rajput1, Harsh Mohan1, Ekta Jadhav2, Swaroop S. Sonone3, Varad Nagar4, Apoorva Singh4, Rushikesh L. Chopade4, Kumud Kant Awasthi5, Mahipal Singh Sankhla4,*
  • Total Page Count: 13
  • Page Number: 105 to 117

1Department Forensic Science, School of Basic and Aapplied Sciences, Galgotias University, Greater Noida, U.P.India

2Government Institute of Forensic ScienceAurangabad, Maharashtra, India

3Department of Forensic Science, Department of Forensic Science, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra

4Department of Forensic Science, Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.

5Department of Life Science, Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

*Corresponding Author, Mahipal Singh Sankhla, Department of Forensic Science, Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, E-mail: mahi4n6@gmail.com

Online Published on 02 June, 2022.

Abstract

Scorpions are distinguished via their deadly stings, which could give result in serious repercussions for humans. It is the most expensive fluid in the planet, costing $39 million per gallon. Cancer is a very frequent disease nowadays. This causes aberrant cell growth, which has the potential to infect or spread to other regions of the body. The presence of 42 multipart cocktail of biogenic amines, proteins, organic salts, mucoproteins, peptides, and 43 neurotoxins in scorpion venom has proven a prospective therapeutic application on cancer cells in medical research. Furthermore, an increasing number of research have suggested that scorpion venoms and poisons may inhibit cancer growth, limit cancer development and metastasis, and promote cancer remission. induce apoptosis and in vitro and in vivo.

Keywords

Scorpion, Cancer, Therapeutics, Pharmacological