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| Ozkan,O.; Adiguzel,S.; Kar,S.; Kurt,M.; Yakistiran,S.; Cesaretli,Y.; Orman,M.; Karaer,Z.. |
| Scorpions can be considered living fossils because they have changed so little during the last 400 million years. They are venomous arthropods of the Arachnida class and regarded as relatives of spiders, ticks and mites. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the toxicity of Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807) venom and its effects on the acetylcholinesterase (AchE) activity and on electrolytes levels in rats. Animals were divided into seven groups of five rats each. Test groups received 250µg/kg of venom solution while control group was treated with 200µl of physiological saline solution (PSS). Blood samples were collected from the animals on the 1st, 2nd 4th, 8th, 12th, and 24th hours after subcutaneous injection of venom. Animals were... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Scorpion; Androctonus crassicauda; Venom; Acetylcholinesterase; Electrolytes. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992007000100005 |
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