Structure and experimental uses of arthropod venom proteins.

In summary, the initial studies conducted thus far into the components of venoms of parasitic wasps and other arthropods have already yielded a number of interesting properties of the proteins therein. These properties have already offered the possibilities of additional principles operating in the evolution of venoms. That so many unexpected rewards have already surfaced with the relatively little experimental digging conducted thus far generates great anticipation that indeed there remains a pharmacological gold mine awaiting to be discovered in components of the other insect venoms as yet unmined by science.