Tityus toxins

Tityus toxins are a group of toxins from scorpions of the genus Tityniae .

properties

The representatives of the genus Tityinae are responsible for most of the poisoning by scorpions. They are formed in Brazilian species ( Tityus serrulatus , T. bahiensis and T. stigmurus ) and in Venezuelan species ( T. discrepans ). The poison of Tityus serrulatus is the most poisonous.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b M.M. Corrêa, SV Sampaio, RA Lopes, LC Mancuso, OAB Cunha, JJ Franco, JR Giglio: Biochemical and histopathological alterations induced in rats by Tityus serrulatus scorpion venom and its major neurotoxin tityustoxin-I . In: Toxicon . 35, No. 7, September, pp. 1053-1067. doi : 10.1016 / s0041-0101 (96) 00219-x .
↑ José C Novello, Eliane C Arantes, Wamberto A Varanda, Benedito Oliveira, José R Giglio, Sérgio Marangoni: TsTX-IV, a short chain four-disulfide-bridged neurotoxin from Tityus serrulatus venom which acts on Ca2 + -activated K + channels . In: Toxicon . 37, No. 4, September, pp. 651-660. doi : 10.1016 / s0041-0101 (98) 00206-2 .

[:0-1] M.M. Corrêa, SV Sampaio, RA Lopes, LC Mancuso, OAB Cunha, JJ Franco, JR Giglio: Biochemical and histopathological alterations induced in rats by Tityus serrulatus scorpion venom and its major neurotoxin tityustoxin-I . In: Toxicon . 35, No. 7, September, pp. 1053-1067. doi : 10.1016 / s0041-0101 (96) 00219-x .

[:1-2] José C Novello, Eliane C Arantes, Wamberto A Varanda, Benedito Oliveira, José R Giglio, Sérgio Marangoni: TsTX-IV, a short chain four-disulfide-bridged neurotoxin from Tityus serrulatus venom which acts on Ca2 + -activated K + channels . In: Toxicon . 37, No. 4, September, pp. 651-660. doi : 10.1016 / s0041-0101 (98) 00206-2 .