Animal Toxins and Their Advantages in Biotechnology and Pharmacology

1 Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Bioprocess Engineering, Federal University of São João del-Rei, Campus Alto Paraopeba, 34420-000 Ouro Branco, MG, Brazil 2 Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NR, UK 3 Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Barcelona Science Park, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain 4CIBER-BBN, Barcelona Science Park, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain 5 Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain 6Center of Biomolecules Study Applied to Health, Fiocruz Rondônia, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Medicine Department, Federal University of Rondônia, 76812-245 Porto Velho, RO, Brazil