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Oral Acute Toxicity and Genotoxicity of Heteroctenus junceus Scorpion Venom. [PDF]
Vet Med SciThe Heteroctenus junceus scorpion venom is a very popular natural extract used in traditional medicine in Cuba. In clinically relevant experimental settings, scorpion venom does not induce general toxicity or an increase in the frequency of micronucleus formation in erythrocytes.
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Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2010 Acidentes escorpiônicos constituem um sério problema de saúde pública no Brasil. Rhopalurus agamemnon é um grande escorpião do bioma Cerrado, muito abundante em diversas localidades do Brasil Central.
Reuber Albuquerque Brandão +1 more
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Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2015 Scorpions, mainly those belonging to the genus Tityus cause many deaths and injuries in Brazil, with tens of thousands of envenomations notified every year. However, injuries involving other scorpion species are scarcely registered.
Deyanira Fuentes-Silva +2 more
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Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2012 En Venezuela, la escorpiofauna consta de 17 géneros y 202 especies. En algunos grupos la taxonomía no ha sido aclarada; por lo tanto, son necesarias investigaciones adicionales que contribuyan a mejorar el conocimiento sobre la identidad taxonómica y ...
Walter Y. Bechara, Jonathan Liria
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Tityus serrulatus Scorpion Venom Induces Apoptosis in Cervical Cancer Cell Lines
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2019, Issue 1, 2019., 2019 Cervical cancer (CC) is classified as the fourth most common type of cancer in women worldwide and remains a serious public health problem in many underdeveloped countries. Human papillomavirus (HPV), mainly types 16 and 18, has been established as a precursory etiologic agent for this type of cancer.
Emanuelly Bernardes-Oliveira +9 more
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Os escorpiões brazileiros Scorpions of Brazil
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1924 A fauna escorpionica do Brasil é constituida de 37 especies e uma variedade, pertencentes a 4 familias e 10 generos. São as seguintes: FAM. BUTHIDAE. 1. Genero Ananteris - Com a especie A. balzani. 2 Genero Isometrus - Com a especie I. maculatus.
Oswaldo de Mello Campos
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Circumstantial evidences for mimicry of scorpions by the neotropical gecko Coleodactylus brachystoma (Squamata, Gekkonidae) in the Cerrados of central Brazil [PDF]
Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology, 2005 There are few records of invertebrates mimicry by reptiles. In the Cerrados of central Brazil, the small Coleodactylus brachystoma is an endemic species common in the islands and margins of the Serra da Mesa hydroelectric dam reservoir.
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Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2013 Backgound The venom of the Cuban scorpion Rhopalurus junceus is poorly study from the point of view of their components at molecular level and the functions associated.
Rodolfo Rodríguez-Ravelo +6 more
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Zoologia (Curitiba)We describe for the first time the adult female of the troglobitic scorpion Troglorhopalurus translucidus Lourenço Baptista & Giupponi, 2004, and broaden its known distribution to other sandstone caves at Chapada Diamantina's region.
Jonas Eduardo Gallão +1 more
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Zoologia (Curitiba), 2010 Seasonal variations in scorpion activity were investigated during a 24 month period in an area of Caatinga (dryland) vegetation in the state of Paraíba, Brazil.
Cristiane S. Araújo +4 more
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