Results 1 to 10 of about 9,314 (214)

The 6th international conference on envenomation by snakebites and scorpion stings in Africa : a crucial step for the management of envenomation [PDF]

, 2016
During the 6th International Conference on Envenomation by Snakebites and Scorpion Stings in Africa held in Abidjan, from 1 to 5 June 2015, the measures for the management of envenomation were discussed and new recommendations were adopted by the ...
Akaffou, M. H., Allali, B. K., Barraviera, B., Chippaux, Jean-Philippe, Dosso, M., Massougbodji, A.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Venomics of Scorpion Ananteris platnicki (Lourenço, 1993), a New World Buthid That Inhabits Costa Rica and Panama

Toxins
Ananteris is a scorpion genus that inhabits dry and seasonal areas of South and Central America. It is located in a distinctive morpho-group of Buthids, the ‘Ananteris group’, which also includes species distributed in the Old World.
Cecilia Díaz, Bruno Lomonte, Arturo Chang-Castillo, Fabián Bonilla, Adriana Alfaro-Chinchilla, Felipe Triana, Diego Angulo, Julián Fernández, Mahmood Sasa   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characterization of a Family of Scorpion Toxins Modulating Ca²⁺-Activated Cl^- Current in Vascular Myocytes. [PDF]

Toxins (Basel), 2022
Morel JL, Mokrzycki N, Lippens G, Drobecq H, Sautière P, Hugues M.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Are ticks venomous animals? [PDF]

, 2017
[Introduction]: As an ecological adaptation venoms have evolved independently in several species of Metazoa. As haematophagous arthropods ticks are mainly considered as ectoparasites due to directly feeding on the skin of animal hosts. Ticks are of major
Cabezas-Cruz, Alejandro, Valdés, James J.   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Electrophysiological Characterization of the Venom and Toxins from the Scorpion Tityus championi Targeting Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels and Molecular Modeling of Tch3, a Toxin with Therapeutic Potential for Pain Relief

Biomolecules
Scorpion neurotoxins are small peptides that target ion channels and offer opportunities for novel therapeutic discovery. This study analyzed the functional effects of the venom and toxins from the Costa Rican endemic scorpion, Tityus championi ...
Galit Akerman-Sánchez, Steve Peigneur, Kathleen Carleer, Natalia Ortiz, Felipe Navia, Leonardo Fierro, Santiago Castaño, Cecilia Díaz, Jan Tytgat, Oscar Brenes   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Global transcriptome analysis of the scorpion Centruroides noxius: new toxin families and evolutionary insights from an ancestral scorpion species.

PLoS ONE, 2012
Scorpion venoms have been studied for decades, leading to the identification of hundreds of different toxins with medical and pharmacological implications.
Martha Rendón-Anaya, Luis Delaye, Lourival D Possani, Alfredo Herrera-Estrella   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Study of Anti-Inflammatory and Analgesic Activity of Scorpion Toxins DKK-SP1/2 from Scorpion Buthus martensii Karsch (BmK). [PDF]

Toxins (Basel), 2021
Liu Y, Li Y, Zhu Y, Zhang L, Ji J, Gui M, Li C, Song Y.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Dangerous creatures of the Maltese sea : injuries and treatment : part 2 [PDF]

, 2012
This is the second of a two-part article intended to give information about different organisms which inhabit the Maltese sea and which are potentially harmful.
Sammut, David James
core   +1 more source

Pi5 and Pi6, two undescribed peptides from the venom of the scorpion Pandinus imperator and their effects on K + -channels [PDF]

, 2018
K
Csóti, Ágota, Gómez-Lagunas, Froylan, Jimenez-Vargas, J. M., Olamendi-Portugal, Timoteo, Panyi, György, Possani, Lourival D.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

The unfulfilled promises of scorpion insectotoxins

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2015
Since the description and biochemical characterization of the first insect-specific neurotoxins from scorpion venoms, almost all contributions have highlighted their potential application as leads for the development of potent bioinsecticides.
Ernesto Ortiz, Lourival D Possani
doaj   +1 more source