British and Egyptian scientists during the search for medicine from coronavirus are examined by the scorpion poison living in the desert. This is reported on the sites of the University of Aberdeen and the University of Suez Canal.
“Scorpions are ancient animals of the planets, they appeared more than 400 million years ago. Their poison has been used for many times in traditional therapy of many countries, and especially in China and India. This poison contains an amazing cocktail of biologically active peptides containing powerful neurotoxins. capable of withstanding viruses and bacteria, “the article published on the specified sites, which quotes the” Details “edition
The scorpion poison is not fully studied, but, as scientists believe, is a unorthodox source of new healing drugs, said Mohammed Abdel-Rahman, professor of molecular toxicology and physiology of the Department of Zoology of the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the University of Suez Canal.
To assemble a collection of different types of scorpions, the size of which is only about 6 centimeters, scientists used ultraviolet lighting, which helps in the night search