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Systemic retention of ingested cantharidin by frogs [PDF]
, 1990 Frogs (Rana pipiens) fed on blister beetles (Meloidae) or cantharidin, retain cantharidin systemically. After cessation of feeding, they void the compound relatively quickly.
McCormick, John P. +6 more
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Investigation of Abundance and Diversity of Cantharidin Compounds in the Hycleus colligatus, Mylabris schrenki, Mylabris cincta, and Hycleus schah Species from Kerman Province, Iran [PDF]
Journal of Genetic ResourcesCantharidin and cantharidin-related compounds (CRCs) are synthesized by Meloidae to defend against predators. Also, Cantharidin and CRCs are known as biopesticides.
Sara sadat Nezhad-ghaderi +2 more
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Males of a strongly polygynous species consume more poisonous food than females. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 We present evidence of a possible case of self-medication in a lekking bird, the great bustard Otis tarda. Great bustards consumed blister beetles (Meloidae), in spite of the fact that they contain cantharidin, a highly toxic compound that is lethal in ...
Carolina Bravo +4 more
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Cantharidin: a comprehensive review of the clinical literature [PDF]
, 2014 Background: Cantharidin is a topical vesicant that causes intraepidermal acantholysis with clinical application that includes the removal of warts, molluscum contagiosum (MC), calluses, and acquired perforating dermatoses.Objective: To provide a ...
Levitt, Jacob +3 more
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2019 Aerobic glycolysis plays a decisive role in cancer growth. However, its role in cancer metastasis was rarely understood. Cantharidin a natural compound from an arthropod insect cantharis exerts potent anticancer activity.
Yanhong Pan +11 more
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A systems biology approach reveals the role of a novel methyltransferase in response to chemical stress and lipid homeostasis. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2011 Using small molecule probes to understand gene function is an attractive approach that allows functional characterization of genes that are dispensable in standard laboratory conditions and provides insight into the mode of action of these compounds ...
Elena Lissina +14 more
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, 2017 Bladder cancer is a common malignancy worldwide. However, there is still no effective therapy for bladder cancer. In this study, we investigated the cytotoxic effects of cantharidin [a natural toxin produced (pure compound) from Chinese blister beetles ...
黃國棟;劉興華 +1 more
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The protective effect of L-glutamine against acute Cantharidin-induced Cardiotoxicity in the mice
BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology, 2020 Background Cantharidin (CTD) is a compound which have the potential to be exploited as an antitumor drug, and it has been demonstrated antitumor effects in a variety of cancers. However, the use is limited due to its severe toxicity. It has reported that
Haozhen Shao +4 more
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Molecules, 2012 Cantharidin, an active component in mylabris, is used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) to treat scabies and hepatoma, but accompanied by hemorrhagic cystitis.
Li-Chun Lin +6 more
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The European Zoological Journal, 2022 The new species Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) tolfensis n. sp. from Tolfa Mountains (Italy, Latium, and Rome) is described and illustrated. Both sexes of the species were collected using cantharidin-baited traps from June 2020 to January 2021.
R. Szadziewski +3 more
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