Neurotoxic effects of fractions isolated from Tityus bahiensis scorpion venom (Perty, 1834)

Systemic toxic effects induced by the aqueous extract of the fire coral Millepora complanata and partial purification of thermostable neurotoxins with lethal effects in mice

“…The very little spectrometric and spectroscopic information allowed us to propose a generic structure of IIA-2-2. in rats and mice (Nencioni et al, 2000;Lourenço et al, 2002;Cunha et al, 2005;Teixeira et al, 2010;Caliskan et al, 2012).…”

Effects of a toxin isolated from Tityus bahiensis scorpion venom on the hippocampus of rats

“…Almost nothing is known about the venom of other Brazilian scorpions from the family Buthidae (Severino et al, 2009). Concerning T. bahiensis scorpion venom, Lourenço et al (2002) reported that some of its fractions caused convulsion, even more intense than that evoked by T. serrulatus venom when injected directly into the hippocampus.…”

“…Recently, two toxins present in this venom were found to have anti-insect activity (Pimenta et al, 2001) and some semi-purified toxins were shown to act directly on the CNS, resulting in behavioral and histopathological effects (Lourenço et al, 2002).…”

Rapid profiling of crude scorpion venom using liquid chromatography and its relevance to species identification

“…Venoms from species of the Androctonus genus are known to be highly toxic [8]. The main toxic agents in scorpion venoms are small basic polypeptides that act as neurotoxin [10,11].…”