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Tityus serrulatus venom – A lethal cocktail

Toxicon, 2015
Tityus serrulatus (Ts) is the main scorpion species of medical importance in Brazil. Ts venom is composed of several compounds such as mucus, inorganic salts, lipids, amines, nucleotides, enzymes, kallikrein inhibitor, natriuretic peptide, proteins with high molecular mass, peptides, free amino acids and neurotoxins. Neurotoxins are considered the most
Manuela Berto, Pucca, Felipe Augusto, Cerni, Ernesto Lopes, Pinheiro Junior, Karla de Castro Figueiredo, Bordon, Fernanda Gobbi, Amorim, Francielle Almeida, Cordeiro, Heloisa Tavoni, Longhim, Caroline Marroni, Cremonez, Guilherme Honda, Oliveira, Eliane Candiani, Arantes   +9 more
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Clinical consequences of Tityus bahiensis and Tityus serrulatus scorpion stings in the region of Campinas, southeastern Brazil

Toxicon, 2014
Scorpion stings account for most envenomations by venomous animals in Brazil. A retrospective study (1994-2011) of the clinical consequences of Tityus scorpion stings in 1327 patients treated at a university hospital in Campinas, southeastern Brazil, is reported.
Fábio, Bucaretchi, Luciane C R, Fernandes, Carla B, Fernandes, Maíra M, Branco, Camila C, Prado, Ronan J, Vieira, Eduardo M, De Capitani, Stephen, Hyslop   +7 more
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Pancreatic toxicity in mice elicited by Tityus zulianus and Tityus discrepans scorpion venoms.

Investigacion clinica, 2004
Resumen. El envenenamiento por escorpiones Tityus discrepans (TD) (centro-norte de Venezuela) causa principalmente complicaciones gastrointestinales y pancreáticas mientras que el envenenamiento por Tityus zulianus (TZ) (Sur del Lago de Maracaibo) puede producir paro respiratorio y la muerte por edema agudo de pulmón.
Borges, Adolfo, Trejo, Ernesto, Vargas, Alba Marlene, Céspedes, Ghisleine, Hernández, Alipio, Alfonzo, Marcelo J   +5 more
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Clinical outcomes in a murine model after envenoming by the Amazonian scorpions Tityus strandi and Tityus dinizi

Toxicon
The Brazilian Amazon is home to a rich fauna of scorpion species of medical importance, some of them still poorly characterized regarding their biological actions and range of clinical symptoms after envenoming. The Amazonian scorpion species Tityus strandi and Tityus dinizi constitute some of the scorpions in this group, with few studies in the ...
Jonas Gama Martins, Mouzarllem Barros Reis, Beatriz Acquaroni Zuanazzi, Karla de Castro Figueiredo Bordon, Karina Furlani Zoccal, Rudi Emerson de Lima Procópio, Eliane Candiani Arantes   +6 more
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Proteomic analysis of the venom from the scorpion Tityus stigmurus: Biochemical and physiological comparison with other Tityus species

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology, 2007
The venom from the Brazilian scorpion Tityus stigmurus was fractionated by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and the corresponding components were used for molecular mass determination using electrospray ion trap mass spectrometry. One hundred distinct components were clearly assigned showing molecular masses from 216.5 to 44,800.0 Da ...
C V F, Batista, S A, Román-González, S P, Salas-Castillo, F Z, Zamudio, F, Gómez-Lagunas, L D, Possani   +5 more
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Tityus zulianus and Tityus discrepans venoms induced massive autonomic stimulation in mice

2012
El escorpionismo en Venezuela es un problema actual de salud pública producido por las especies de Tityus discrepans (TD) y Tityus zulianus (TZ). Los pacientes que presentan escorpionismo producido por TD de- sarrollan trastornos gastrointestinales y pancreáticos mientras que los afectados por TZ presentan una alta mortalidad y muestran una sintoma ...
Trejo, E, Borges, A, González de Alfonzo, R, Lippo de Becemberg, I, Alfonzo, M. J   +4 more
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Comparison of the Scorpionism Caused by Centruroides margaritatus, Tityus pachyurus and Tityus n. sp. aff. metuendus Scorpion Venoms in Colombia

Toxins, 2021
Jimmy A Guerrero-Vargas, Juan Carlos Sepulveda-Arias   +1 more
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TITYUS AND LETO

2023
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Severe scorpion envenomalion in children caused by Tityus bahiensis and Tityus serrulatus

Toxicon, 1995
F. Bucaretchi, F.A. D. Zambrone, M.R.C.C. Fonseca, J.L. Douglas, F.S. Tourinho   +4 more
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Isolation and characterization of the genes encoding gamma toxin of the Brazilian scorpions Tityus serrulatus, Tityus bahiensis and Tityus stigmurus

Toxicon, 1996
B. Becerril, M. Corona, L.D. Possani
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