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The Enzymatic Core of Scorpion Venoms [PDF]
Toxins, 2022 Enzymes are an integral part of animal venoms. Unlike snakes, in which enzymes play a primary role in envenomation, in scorpions, their function appears to be ancillary in most species.
Gustavo Delgado-Prudencio +2 more
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Antimicrobial Activity Developed by Scorpion Venoms and Its Peptide Component [PDF]
Toxins, 2022 Microbial infections represent a problem of great importance at the public health level, with a high rate of morbidity-mortality worldwide. However, treating the different diseases generated by microorganisms requires a gradual increase in acquired ...
Edgar Antonio Reyes-Montaño +1 more
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Scorpion venoms in gastric cancer [PDF]
Oncology Letters, 2016 Venom secretions from snakes, scorpions, spiders and bees, have been widely applied in traditional medicine and current biopharmaceutical research. Possession of anticancer potential is another novel discovery for animal venoms and toxins. An increasing number of studies have shown the anticancer effects of venoms and toxins of snakes, and scorpions in
Zhang, Xiao-Ying, Zhang, Pei-Ying
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Veterinary Medicine and Science, 2021 Background Scorpion stings comprise a serious problem throughout the globe, especially in regions where they are more frequent. Despite a recent upsurge of interest in scorpion venoms by various research groups, there remain many challenges.
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A comparison of honeybee and scorpion venoms as anticancer agents against three different cancer cell lines: lung, colon, and breast cancer [PDF]
Frontiers in ToxicologyOwing to the drawbacks and adverse effects associated with conventional cancer therapies, there is growing interest in identifying effective natural alternatives. In this study, the anticancer potential of honeybee and scorpion venoms was evaluated using
Fatma H. Galal +6 more
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MS/MS analysis of four scorpion venoms from Colombia: a descriptive approach [PDF]
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2021 Background: Scorpions are widely known for the neurotoxic effects of their venoms, which contain peptides affecting ionic channels. Although Colombia is recognized for its scorpion diversity, only a few studies are available describing the venom content.
Sebastian Estrada-Gómez +3 more
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Scorpion Venom: Detriments and Benefits [PDF]
Biomedicines, 2020 Scorpion venom may cause severe medical complications and untimely death if injected into the human body. Neurotoxins are the main components of scorpion venom that are known to be responsible for the pathological manifestations of envenoming.
Shirin Ahmadi +8 more
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Toxins, 2014 Scorpion 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.
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Target-Specificity in Scorpions; Comparing Lethality of Scorpion Venoms across Arthropods and Vertebrates [PDF]
Toxins, 2017 Scorpions use their venom in defensive situations as well as for subduing prey. Since some species of scorpion use their venom more in defensive situations than others, this may have led to selection for differences in effectiveness in defensive ...
Arie van der Meijden +4 more
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An overview of some enzymes from buthid scorpion venoms from Colombia: Centruroides margaritatus, Tityus pachyurus, and Tityus n. sp. aff. metuendus [PDF]
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical DiseasesBackground: In Colombia, several species of Buthidae scorpions belonging to the genera Centruroides and Tityus coexist, and their stings are considered life-threatening to humans because of their venom neurotoxins.
Leydy Lorena Mendoza-Tobar +5 more
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