1 Department of Technology and Innovation, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil, 2 Laboratório de Evolução Aplicada, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil, 3 Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique Pour le Développement, UMR AGAP, Montpellier, France, 4 Université Montpellier II, UMR AMAP (Botanique et Bio...

The most important health-threatening scorpions found in Turkey are; Androctonus crassicauda, Leiurus quinquestriatus, Mesobuthus gibbosus and M. eupeus species, all of which belong to the Buthidae family. The epidemiological and clinical findings of scorpion stings in Turkey were evaluated between the years 1995 and 2004 based on data recorded in the National Poison Information Center (NPIC). ...

this study evaluated the effects of mesobuthus eupeus (me) scorpion venom on inflammatory response following injection. additionally, the present study examined whether immunotherapy at specific time intervals would be effective on inflammatory response after me venom inoculation. animals were divided randomly into four groups: the first group received ld50 of venom and the second and third gro...

1. Scorpions were starved for 1, 4, 8, and 12 days and then subsequently refed until the sixteenth day. The concentrations of glycogen, amino acid, and protein in the liver were determined to evaluate the effect of starvation and refeeding on these biochemical constituents. 2. The concentration of glycogen decreased gradually but significantly with the progressive days of starvation. After refe...