{"id":232183,"date":"2023-03-18T19:23:04","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T13:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=232183"},"modified":"2023-03-18T19:23:04","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T13:53:04","slug":"peptides-from-snake-venom-could-prevent-treat-parkinsons-alzheimers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/peptides-from-snake-venom-could-prevent-treat-parkinsons-alzheimers\/","title":{"rendered":"Peptides from snake venom could prevent, treat Parkinson\u2019s, Alzheimer\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article<\/span><b> \u201c<\/b><b>Peptides from snake venom could prevent, treat Parkinson\u2019s, Alzheimer\u2019s<\/b><b>\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in<\/span><b> PIB <\/b>on<b> 16th March 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientists have found that p<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eptides derived from snake venom nerve growth factors hold promise as future therapeutic applications for preventing and treating neurological disorders such as Parkinson\u2019s disease(PD) and Alzheimer&#8217;s disease(AD).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What are Peptides?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A peptide is a short chain of amino acids (typically 2 to 50) linked by chemical bonds (called peptide bonds).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many health and cosmetic products contain different peptides for many uses, such as their potential anti-ageing, anti-inflammatory, or muscle-building properties.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What are the various types of Peptides?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Milk Peptides:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Formed when the digestive system breaks down a milk protein called Casein. They are also formed from proteinases arising from lactobacilli during the fermentation of milk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Peptones:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> These are produced during the proteolysis of animal milk or meat. Sometimes it can also be formed from vitamins, fats, metals and some salts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ribosomal Peptides:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> These are produced by translation (a process in which cellular ribosomes create proteins) of mRNA. To achieve a mature form, they are often subjected to proteolysis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Oligopeptides: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These peptides are formed by linkage of more than two and less than 20 amino acids by peptide bonds.Example \u2013 netropsin, amanitin etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the difference between Peptides and Proteins?<\/b><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_232184\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-232184\" style=\"width: 546px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-232184 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Difference-Between-Peptide-and-Protein-Comparison-Summary.jpg?resize=546%2C758&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Peptides\" width=\"546\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Difference-Between-Peptide-and-Protein-Comparison-Summary.jpg?w=799&amp;ssl=1 799w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Difference-Between-Peptide-and-Protein-Comparison-Summary.jpg?resize=216%2C300&amp;ssl=1 216w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Difference-Between-Peptide-and-Protein-Comparison-Summary.jpg?resize=738%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 738w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Difference-Between-Peptide-and-Protein-Comparison-Summary.jpg?resize=768%2C1066&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-232184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: PEDIIA.COM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cPeptides from snake venom could prevent, treat Parkinson\u2019s, Alzheimer\u2019s\u201d published in PIB on 16th March 2023 What is the News? Scientists have found that peptides derived from snake venom nerve growth factors hold promise as future therapeutic applications for preventing and treating neurological disorders such as Parkinson\u2019s&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/peptides-from-snake-venom-could-prevent-treat-parkinsons-alzheimers\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Peptides from snake venom could prevent, treat Parkinson\u2019s, Alzheimer\u2019s<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[3590],"class_list":["post-232183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":2,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1702395845},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}