Scorpion venom had been a hot conversation. This happened President Joko Widodo mentioned this in one of his speeches.
This is not without reason, venom poison does have many benefits in the world of medicine. What are the benefits of scorpion venom?
Scorpions are poisonous arthropods whose habitats are scattered throughout the world, except Antarctica. This arthropod is feared because its toxins can cause various health problems, even death.
Scorpion venom is a mixture of various peptides including several enzymes such as hyaluronidases, phospholipases, sphinhhomyelinases and proteolytic enzymes. The use of scorpion toxins for health has been used by some people in various countries, including in Asia.
Natural antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are found in scorpion venom and in fact store many health benefits. These AMPs compounds have good benefits in eradicating bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites.
In fact, one of the benefits of this scorpion toxin is contributing to HIV infection. However, these benefits are still being investigated, so treatment using scorpion venom has not been widely used.
Various benefits of scorpion venom
Scorpion venoms save a lot of benefits in the field of medicine. What are the benefits?