Identification of arenin, a novel Kunitz-like polypeptide from the skin secretions of Dryophytes arenicolor

• Main Authors: Hernández-Pérez, Jesús, Serra, Aida, Sze, Siu Kwan, Conway, Patricia Lynne, Schlundt, Jørgen, Benavides, Jorge
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences; Amphibians; Skin Secretions
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89150; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/47036
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Amphibian skin secretions are enriched with complex cocktails of bioactive molecules such as proteins, peptides, biogenic amines, alkaloids guanidine derivatives, steroids and other minor components spanning a wide spectrum of pharmacological actions exploited for centuries in folk medicine. This st...