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Acute physiopathological effects of honeybee (Apis mellifera) envenoming by subcutaneous route in a mouse model
(2010)
Bee stings are a health concern in the Americas, where fatal envenomings due to massive
attacks by Africanized honeybees have been documented in the last decades. Most studies
on the toxic effects of honeybee venom in ...
Susceptibilidad de Trypanosoma cruzi a diferentes venenos de serpientes de Costa Rica
Susceptibility of Trypanosoma cruzi to different Costa Rican snake venoms
(2008)
Se evaluaron los efectos tóxicos de los venenos de cinco serpientes costarricenses en
cuanto a su capacidad tripanocida contra dos cepas de Trypanosoma cruzi y sus efectos en cuanto
a los mecanismos de muerte celular. ...
Ability of fucoidan to prevent muscle necrosis induced by snake venom myotoxins: comparison of high- and low-molecular weight fractions
(2008)
Fucoidan, a natural polysaccharide extracted from brown seaweed, inhibits the myotoxic phospholipases A2 present in
the venoms of crotalid snakes. This study evaluated the influence of molecular weight on the ability of ...
Differential susceptibility of C2C12 myoblasts and myotubes to group II phospholipase A2 myotoxins from crotalid snake venoms
(2005)
Group II phospholipase A2 (PLA2) myotoxins isolated from Viperidae/Crotalidae snake venoms induce a rapid cytolytic
effect upon diverse cell types in vitro. Previous studies suggested that this effect could be more ...
Venom, venomics, antivenomics
(2009)
Venoms comprise mixtures of peptides and proteins tailored by Natural Selection to act on vital systems
of the prey or victim. Here we review our proteomic protocols for uncoiling the composition,
immunological profile, ...
Mortality by Hymenoptera stings in Costa Rica, 1985-2006
Mortalidad por picaduras de himenópteros en Costa Rica, 1985–2006
(2009)
Objective. To analyze mortality due to Hymenoptera stings in Costa Rica during
1985–2006.
Methods. Records of deaths due to Hymenoptera stings in 1985–2006 were retrieved from
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos ...
An overview of Lysine-49 phospholipase A2 myotoxins from crotalid snake venoms and their structural determinants of myotoxic action
(2003)
In 1984, the first venom phospholipase A2 (PLA2) with a lysine substituting for the highly conserved aspartate 49 was
discovered, in the North American crotalid snake Agkistrodon p. piscivorus [J. Biol. Chem. 259 (1984) ...
Cytotoxicity of Lachesis muta muta snake (bushmaster) venom and its purified basic phospholipase A2 (LmTX-I) in cultured cells
(2007)
Human envenoming by Lachesis muta muta venom, although infrequent, is rather severe, being characterized by
pronounced local tissue damage and systemic dysfunctions. Studies on the pharmacological actions of L. m. muta ...
Inhibitory effects of Piper umbellatum and Piper peltatum extracts towards myotoxic phospholipases A2 from Bothrops snake venoms: isolation of 4-nerolidylcatechol as active principle
(2005)
Phospholipases A2 (PLA2) are important constituents of snake venoms, being responsible for several of their toxic actions.
Extracts from plants used in folk medicine were screened for inhibition of the enzymatic activity ...
Structure of myotoxin-II, a catalytically inactive Lys49 phospholipase A2 homologue from Atropoides nummifer venom
(2006)
Lys49 snake-venom phospholipase A2 (PLA2) homologues are highly myotoxic
proteins which, although lacking catalytic activity, possess the ability to disrupt
biological membranes, inducing significant muscle-tissue loss ...