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FEBS Open Bio, Volume 11, Issue 7, Page 1867-1892, July 2021., 2021 Buthus occitanus scorpion possesses highly toxic venom. This article describes the first proteomic screening of the Moroccan B. occitanus venom. Our findings highlight the complexity and the toxin diversity of this venom. The most representative compounds are neurotoxins.
Khadija Daoudi +8 more
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Discovery of KV1.3 ion channel inhibitors: Medicinal chemistry approaches and challenges
Medicinal Research Reviews, Volume 41, Issue 4, Page 2423-2473, July 2021., 2021 Abstract The KV1.3 voltage‐gated potassium ion channel is involved in many physiological processes both at the plasma membrane and in the mitochondria, chiefly in the immune and nervous systems. Therapeutic targeting KV1.3 with specific peptides and small molecule inhibitors shows great potential for treating cancers and autoimmune diseases, such as ...
Špela Gubič +9 more
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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021 The scorpions, named Mesobuthus martensii, commonly called Quanxie (全蝎) in Chinese, have been widely used as one of the animal medicines for more than 1,000 years because of the strong toxicity of their venoms. Meanwhile, scorpions are sexually dimorphic in appearance, and many exhibit traits associated with sex‐biased gene expression, including ...
Songyu Gao +11 more
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The FASEB Journal, 2019 Scorpions from the Centruroides genus have high toxicity and it is potentially dangerous to humans. In this study we compare the effect of the crude venom of a colombiam scorpion Centruroides margaritatus ( Cm ...
Cláudia Ferreira Santos +6 more
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Toxins, 2021 Among other scorpion species, Colombia has two genera of the Buthidae family Centruroides and Tityus, considered to be dangerous to humans. This research shares scientific knowledge aiming to a better understanding about the pathophysiological effects of
Leydy Lorena Mendoza-Tobar +3 more
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The Lesser Antillean scorpions of the genus Centruroides
, 1983 The buthid scorpions of the genus Centruroides are widely distributed in the Antillean area. They are also the most common scorpions in the majority of these islands.
Armas, Luis F. de
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Diversity, 2021 Fragmented and degraded DNA is pervasive among museum specimens, hindering molecular phylogenetics and species identification. Mini-barcodes, 200–300-base-pair (bp) fragments of barcoding genes, have proven effective for species-level identification of ...
Aaron M. Goodman +2 more
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, 2010 Class of 2010 AbstractOBJECTIVES: To determine the clinical significance of a population of scorpions, C. sculpturatus, found in New Mexico. This includes the toxicity of the venom as well as the interactions of venom and antivenom. METHODS: This project
Massey, Daniel J.
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Toxins, 2022 Sixty-seven scorpion species have been described in France and its territories, where they have been found to be heterogeneously distributed. Indeed, only one species can be found on Réunion Island, while 38 species exist in French Guiana.
Jules-Antoine Vaucel +15 more
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Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2011 Describes the case of a 6-year-old girl who was stung by a Centruroides testaceus, a scorpion native to the Lesser Antilles, in the Guarulhos International Airport, São Paulo, Brazil, as she disembarked from a flight coming from the Caribbean.
Ricardo Antônio Lobo +3 more
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