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Biotechnological Trends in Spider and Scorpion Antivenom Development [PDF]
, 2016 Spiders and scorpions are notorious for their fearful dispositions and their ability to inject venom into prey and predators, causing symptoms such as necrosis, paralysis, and excruciating pain.
Engmark, Mikael +5 more
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Ancient Science of Life, 2013 Objectives: The objective of this study is to evaluate the anti-scorpion venom (ASV) property of Andrographis paniculata in comparison with anti-redscorpion venom serum and this study aimed to determine its combined effect with anti-redscorpion venom ...
Ranjana S Kale +3 more
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Toxins, 2022 Scorpion venom is a complex secretory mixture of components with potential biological and physiological properties that attracted many researchers due to promising applications from clinical and pharmacological perspectives.
Parviz Ghezellou +4 more
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In silico structural evaluation of short cationic antimicrobial peptides [PDF]
, 2018 © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).Cationic peptides with ...
Malkinson, John +3 more
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Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2011 Currently, medically significant scorpion species belong to the Buthidae family and are represented by the genera Androctonus, Buthus, Mesobuthus, Hottentotta, Parabuthus, Tityus, Centruroides, Leiurus.
O Ozkan, EA Yagmur, M Ark
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Evaluation of the lethal potency of scorpion and snake venoms and comparison between intraperitoneal and intravenous injection routes. [PDF]
, 2014 International audienceScorpion stings and snake bites are major health hazards that lead to suffering of victims and high mortality. Thousands of injuries associated with such stings and bites of venomous animals occur every year worldwide.
Bouhaouala, Balkiss +6 more
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A Deeper Examination of Thorellius atrox Scorpion Venom Components with Omic Technologies
Toxins, 2017 This communication reports a further examination of venom gland transcripts and venom composition of the Mexican scorpion Thorellius atrox using RNA-seq and tandem mass spectrometry.
Teresa Romero-Gutierrez +5 more
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Insect-selective spider toxins targeting voltage-gated sodium channels [PDF]
, 2007 The voltage-gated sodium (Nav) channel is a target for a number of drugs, insecticides and neurotoxins. These bind to at least seven identified neurotoxin binding sites and either block conductance or modulate Nav channel gating.
Nicholson, GM
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Potential of Scorpion (Scorpiops pseudomonatus) Venom in Diabetes Therapy: A Study on α-Amylase and α-Glucosidase Inhibition [PDF]
Journal of Liaquat National HospitalBackground: The increasing number of diabetes mellitus patients and the complications of its treatment using chemical medicine have made it necessary to look for new treatment options that can control blood glucose levels.
Syed Asif Nawaz +4 more
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Toxinology in the proteomics era: a review on arachnid venom proteomics [PDF]
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2022 The word venomics was coined to acknowledge the studies that use omics to investigate venom proteins and peptides. Venomics has evolved considerably over the last 20 years. The first works on scorpion or spider venomics were published in the early 2000’s.
Filipi Calbaizer Marchi +4 more
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