Scorpions are an ancient and diverse venomous lineage, with over 2200 currently
recognized species. Only a small fraction of scorpion species are considered harmful to …

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 …

Background Except for the northern region, where the Amazonian black scorpion, T.
obscurus, represents the predominant and most medically relevant scorpion species, Tityus …

Spiders and scorpions are notorious for their fearful dispositions and their ability to inject
venom into prey and predators, causing symptoms such as necrosis, paralysis, and …

Scorpion venom is a mixture of peptides, including antimicrobial, bradykinin-potentiating
and anionic peptides and small to medium proteins, such as ion channel toxins …

Arachnida is the largest class among the arthropods, constituting over 60,000 described
species (spiders, mites, ticks, scorpions, palpigrades, pseudoscorpions, solpugids and …

Of the 14 extant scorpion families, Buthidae has the most thoroughly characterized venoms.
Most of this characterization, however, has been limited to species with medically significant …

Background The hyaluronidase enzyme is generally known as a spreading factor in animal
venoms. Although its activity has been demonstrated in several organisms, a deeper …

Tityus cisandinus, a neglected medically important scorpion in Ecuadorian and Peruvian
Amazonia, belongs to a complex of species related to the eastern Amazon endemic Tityus …

The recent publication of high-throughput transcriptomic and proteomic analyses of scorpion
venom glands has increased our knowledge on the biodiversity of venom components. In …