Snake venom-inspired novel peptides protect Caenorhabditis elegans against paraquat induced Parkinson's pathology
Dev Madhubala, Rosy Mahato, Kangkon Saikia, Aparup Patra, Pedro Alexandrino Fernandes, Arun Kumar, Mojibur R. Khan, Ashis Kumar Mukherjee
The paper identifies two novel peptides that protect C. elegans from paraquat-induced Parkinson's-like pathology by inhibiting reactive oxygen species, mitochondrial damage, and alpha-synuclein aggregation.
ACS Chemical Neuroscience · Mar 17, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience