Investigating the chemical profile of regenerated scorpion (Parabuthus transvaalicus) venom in relation to metabolic cost and toxicity

Toxicon

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 315-323

  Nisani, Zia ^a   Boskovic, Danilo S ^a   Dunbar, Stephen G ^a   Kelln, Wayne ^a   Hayes, William K ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachnidae; Metabolic rate; Scorpion; Toxicity; Venom biochemistry; Venom regeneration

Indexed keywords

SCORPION VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVENOMATION; FAST PROTEIN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LETHALITY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLIC RATE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARABUTHUS TRANSVAALICUS; POISONOUS SCORPION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORPION; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD PROTEINS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; IMMOBILIZATION; INSECTICIDES; KINETICS; MICROCHEMISTRY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PEPTIDES; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

GRYLLIDAE; PARABUTHUS TRANSVAALICUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 84861926389     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: 18793150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2012.04.343     Document Type: Article

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