Review Article

Scorpion Peptides: Potential Use for New Drug Development

Table 3

List of chosen antiviral peptides originating from scorpions.

scorpionFractionVirusesDoseReference

Lychas mucronatus MucroporinHIV-1[7073]
HBV
Mucroporin-M1HIV-1
HBV87 μM (+)
Mucroporin-S1HIV-1>100 μg/mL
Mesobuthus martensii KarschBmkn2HIV-1
Kn2-7HIV-12.76 μg/mL (+)
Chaerilus tricotanus CtriporinHBV
Heterometrus petersii kills Hp1090HCV5 μM (+)
Mucroporin-M1Measles3.52 μM (+)
SARS-CoV7.12 μM (+)
H5N11.03 μM (+)

The dose represents the MIC, the EC50% (+), or the EC100% (#) of the polypeptide.