Shedding Lights on Crude Venom from Solitary Foraging Predatory Ant <i>Ectatomma opaciventre</i>: Initial Toxinological Investigation

Shedding Lights on Crude Venom from Solitary Foraging Predatory Ant <i>Ectatomma opaciventre</i>: Initial Toxinological Investigation

Some species of primitive predatory ants, despite living in a colony, exercise their hunting collection strategy individually; their venom is painful, paralyzing, digestive, and lethal for their prey, yet the toxins responsible for these effects are poorly known. <i>Ectatomma opaciventre</i...

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Main Authors: Lucas Ian Veloso Correia, Fernanda Van Petten de Vasconcelos Azevedo, Fernanda Gobbi Amorim, Sarah Natalie Cirilo Gimenes, Lorena Polloni, Mariana Alves Pereira Zoia, Mônica Soares Costa, Jéssica Peixoto Rodrigues, Kelly A. Geraldo Yoneyama, Jean Carlos Santos, Eliane Candiani Arantes, Veridiana de Melo Rodrigues, Luiz Ricardo Goulart, Renata Santos Rodrigues
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-01-01
Series:Toxins
Subjects:
ant venom
<i>Ectatomma opaciventre</i>
enzymatic assays
antitumoral activity
lung cancer
antiparasitic effects
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/14/1/37

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