Biotoxan® by Latoxan
Purified Natural Molecules Library for Drug Discovery
and
Hight Throughput Screening (HTS).
Biotoxan® is a Library of natural bioactive molecules from both animal and vegetal origins.
All molecules supplied in Biotoxan® Library are:
- Chemical structure elucidated
- Purity ≥ 90%
- Organic origin
- Resupply granted
- Pharmaco-toxicological pattern investigated
- Compliance with CITES regulations
Biotoxan® library composition :
Animal compounds
These molecules are isolated and purified from snake, scorpion, spider, insect, batrachian and cone venoms. Our own venom production, our catalogue of more than 250 different venoms and our partnerships with international experts in this field will allow LATOXAN to expand continuously the number and the variety of animal purified molecules offered.
Venom molecules are known for their highly specific activity on a wide variety of pharmacological targets: nervous system, muscle, haemostasis, kidneys, heart, blood circulation, ion channels… and several have undergone clinical development in the fields of cancerology, pain relief, diabetology, haematology, cardiology, multiple sclerosis.
Plant compounds
Plant molecules are extracted from species endemic to Central Asia steppe unique flora. We are currently working on species from 19 different plant families under an exclusive agreement with a local partner.
Our first Plant molecules kit, named Biotoxan®-P01 is now available.
30 of them led to the development of drugs approved for treatment in man of antiarrhythmic, vitiligo, anticholinesterase, estrogenic, respiratory analeptic, antihelminthic or angioprotective conditions.
Numerous alkaloids, glycosides, coumarines, flavonoids, lactones, proanthocyanidines, lipids and polysaccharides have already been isolated and will be progressively added to Biotoxan ® Library.
Because Nature remains the best source of new chemical entities for drug discovery.
A recent survey* showed that of the 1184 new chemical entity
drugs approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in
the last 25 years only 30 per cent were from synthetic origin.
The others were all obtained from natural sources or chemically
designed to mimic natural products.
* (D.J. Newman & G. M. Cragg. Journal of Natural Products
Reviews, 2007)
Biotoxan®-P01, our first Plant Molecules Library is now available
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LATOXAN
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26000 Valence - France
Phone : +33 475 41 91 91
Fax : +33 475 41 91 99
Email : info@biotoxan.com