AIMC Topic: Opioid Peptides

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Identification and designing an analgesic opioid cyclic peptide from Defensin 4 of Mesobuthus martensii Karsch scorpion venom with more effectiveness than morphine.

Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie
Considering the limitations of use and side effects of existing analgesics, the discovery of new analgesics is necessary. Venoms of organisms are an important source of analgesic peptides. In this study, using computational biology methods such as mo...

[Endogenous nocciceptin/orphanin FQ affect ischemic arrhythmias in rats through Raf kinase inhibitor protein].

Zhonghua wei zhong bing ji jiu yi xue
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether endogenous nociceptin/orphanin FQ (N/OFQ) can inhibit arrhythmia and expression of β-adrenergic receptor (β-AR) on the surface of myocardial cell membrane in acute myocardial ischemia rats by Raf kinase inhibitory pr...