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Trends in PharmacyAnimal venoms, especially those from scorpions, have garnered interest for their potential therapeutic uses. Scorpion venom is a complex mixture of bioactive compounds, including neurotoxins, enzymes, enzyme inhibitors, and peptides. These peptides have
Radwa Abdallnasser Amen +1 more
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BMC Genomics, 2007 Background Scorpions like other venomous animals posses a highly specialized organ that produces, secretes and disposes the venom components. In these animals, the last postabdominal segment, named telson, contains a pair of venomous glands connected to ...
Rodríguez de la Vega Ricardo C +3 more
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Evolution of Phospholipase A2 in Bees and Flies
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 10, October 2025.This study investigated the evolution of the PLA2 gene in bees and flies and compared the evolutionary rate between them, which denotes the toxic group and the non‐toxic group. The results showed that PLA2 was under purifying selection and that an accelerated evolution of PLA2 occurred in the toxic group when compared with the non‐toxic group ...
Siqi Yang, Minyu Wu, Ping Feng
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Cardiotoxic and Arrhythmogenic Effects of Hemiscorpius lepturus Scorpion Venom in Rats [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Envenomation by Hemiscorpius lepturus is not painful and the clinical manifestations include bloody urine due to hemoglobinuria or hematuria, dermonecrotic reactions,cardiac arrhythmia and in minority of cases acute renal failure which may ...
Evazy, Reihane +7 more
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The scorpion Toxin Tf2 from Tityus fasciolatus Promotes Nav1.3 opening [PDF]
, 2015 We identified Tf2, the first β-scorpion toxin from the venom of the Brazilian scorpion Tityus fasciolatus. Tf2 is identical to Tb2-II found in Tityus bahiensis.We found that Tf2 selectively activates human (h)Nav1.3, a neuronal voltage-gated sodium (Nav)
Bosmans, Frank +4 more
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Short Peptides from Asian Scorpions: Bioactive Molecules with Promising Therapeutic Potential
ToxinsScorpion venom peptides, particularly those derived from Asian species, have garnered significant attention, offering therapeutic potential in pain management, cancer, anticoagulation, and infectious diseases.
Kaiyun Xin +9 more
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Journal of Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine, 2018 Objectives. The objective of this study was to examine the effect of scorpion venoms on cancer cell progression, apoptosis, and cell cycle arrest. Scorpion venoms are known to possess numerous bioactive compounds that act against cancer progression by ...
Abdulrahman Khazim Al-Asmari PhD +2 more
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Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2017 Introduction: Scorpion venom contains peptides with neurotoxic action primarily active on ion channels in the nervous system of insects and mammals. They are also characterized as cytolytic and anticancer, biological characteristics that have not yet ...
Clara Andrea Rincón-Cortés +2 more
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Education in Family Medicine : What has been achieved? [PDF]
, 2012 Contents: Education... historical landmarks - Pierre Mallia; The Malta College of Family Doctors and the Royal College of General Practitioners - John V.
Agius, Dominic +2 more
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Neurotransmitter evaluation in the hippocampus of rats after intracerebral injection of TsTX scorpion toxin [PDF]
, 2009 TsTX is an a-type sodium channel toxin that stimulates the discharge of neurotransmitters from neurons. In the present study we investigated which neurotransmitters are released in the hippocampus after TsTX injection and if they are responsible for ...
BARRETO, S. A +5 more
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