The current study was undertaken to compare the effects of pulmonary oedema producing toxin (PO-Tx) isolated from Mesobuthus tamulus venom on cardio-respiratory reflexes with exogenously administered bradykinin (BK) and to delineate the type of BK receptors mediating these responses. Jugular venous injection of phenyldiguanide (PDG) in anaesthetized rats produced reflex bradycardia, hypotension...

background: scorpions’ stings and their own mortalities place them among the most important health and medical problems. the dreadful features and especially their poisonous stings are considered a major cause of human stress and abhorrence/phobia. the current study aimed to study the scorpion fauna of ilam province, south western iran in order to manage scorpionism related problems. methods: i...

background: meict is the first chlorotoxin-like peptide isolated from the iranian scorpion mesobuthus eupeus. chlorotoxin (ctx) is a neurotoxin that specially binds to (mmp-2) on ma-lignant cells and now is used in treatment of glioma. in the present study, we have used homology modeling to propose the 3d structure of meictand analyze its interaction with mmp-2 and its snp types. methods:the st...

Recombinant baculovirus expressing insect-selective neurotoxins derived from venomous animals are considered as an attractive alternative to chemical insecticides for efficient insect control agents. Recently we identified and characterized a novel lepidopteran-selective toxin, Buthus tamulus insect-selective toxin (ButaIT), having 37 amino acids and eight half cysteine residues from the venom ...

BmKn2 is an antimicrobial peptide (AMP) characterized from the venom of scorpion Mesobuthus martensii Karsch by our group. In this study, Kn2-7 was derived from BmKn2 to improve the antibacterial activity and decrease hemolytic activity. Kn2-7 showed increased inhibitory activity against both gram-positive bacteria and gram-negative bacteria. Moreover, Kn2-7 exhibited higher antibacterial activ...