Resources & Research

As the use of Kambo becomes more and more mainstream – more research is being conducted on the compounds and peptides found in the Kambo venom. Here are some articles and research you might find of interest.

This Amazonian tree frog’s poison has become part of the latest supercleanse trend. (Read more…)

Phyllomedusa bicolor skin secretion and the Kambô ritual. (Read more…)

Pharmacological studies of ‘sapo’ from the frog Phyllomedusa bicolor skin: a drug used by the Peruvian Matses Indians in shamanic hunting practices. (Read more…)

Antitumor and angiostatic peptides from frog skin secretions.(Read more…)

A consistent nomenclature of antimicrobial peptides isolated from frogs of the subfamily Phyllomedusinae.(Read more…)

Frog secretions and hunting magic in the upper Amazon: identification of a peptide that interacts with an adenosine receptor. (Read more…)

Isolation of dermatoxin from frog skin, an antibacterial peptide encoded by a novel member of the dermaseptin genes family. (Read more…)

Deltorphins: a family of naturally occurring peptides with high affinity and selectivity for delta opioid binding sites.(Read more…)

Production and purification of a novel antibiotic peptide, adenoregulin, from a recombinant Escherichia coli. (Read more…)

Comparison of expression of monomeric and multimeric adenoregulin genes in Escherichia coli and Pichia pastorias. (Read more…)

Antitumor and angiostatic activities of the antimicrobial peptide dermaseptin B2. (Read more…)

Synthesis and pharmacology of halogenated δ-opioid-selective [d-Ala(2)]deltorphin II peptide analogues. (Read more…)

Frog Peptides Block HIV In Lab Study (Read more…)

Source: Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Scientists Put Shamanic Medicine Under The Microscope (Read more…)

Understanding Dermaseptin, Kambo’s Antiviral Peptide that May Treat Herpes (Read more…)

Pyschedelic Awareness Salon – Kambo: Frog Doctor of the Amazon