In this paper, a suite of three QSAR models is developed to identify compounds that are likely to (a) exhibit cytotoxic behavior against cancer cells, (b) exhibit high rat LD50 values (low ...

The King Cobra, native to Asia, and Africa's Black Mamba are two of the most formidable snakes. While the King Cobra is known ...

Rat LD50 values were taken from the Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances (RTECS) database [55] and cytotoxicity values were taken from the public National Cancer Institute (NCI ...

Doctors at the hospital couldn't detect any venom in his system and assumed that the snake might not have injected any during the bite. But Joppich stayed overnight just in case, and 15 hours after ...

Australia hosts 20 of the world's 25 deadliest snakes, yet human fatalities are rare due to antivenom, medical advances, and the snakes' reclusive nature. Among the dangerous species are tiger ...

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Biological toxins are poisonous substances, either naturally produced by an animal, plant or microbial source; or their analogs may be synthesized in a laboratory. Unlike most other biohazards, ...

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