Review Article
Scorpion Peptides: Potential Use for New Drug Development
Table 3
List of chosen antiviral peptides originating from scorpions.
| scorpion | Fraction | Viruses | Dose | Reference |
| Lychas mucronatus | Mucroporin | HIV-1 | — | [70–73] | HBV | | Mucroporin-M1 | HIV-1 | — | HBV | 87 μM (+) | Mucroporin-S1 | HIV-1 | >100 μg/mL | Mesobuthus martensii Karsch | Bmkn2 | HIV-1 | — | Kn2-7 | HIV-1 | 2.76 μg/mL (+) | Chaerilus tricotanus | Ctriporin | HBV | — | Heterometrus petersii kills | Hp1090 | HCV | 5 μM (+) | Mucroporin-M1 | Measles | 3.52 μM (+) | SARS-CoV | 7.12 μM (+) | H5N1 | 1.03 μM (+) |
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The dose represents the MIC, the EC50% (+), or the EC100% (#) of the polypeptide.
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