Toxicity of the dialyzable fraction of the venom of the yellow scorpion, Leiurus quinquestriatus, to the migratory locust |
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Authors: | Eliezer Kamon |
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Institution: | Laboratory of Entomology and Venomous Animals, Department of Zoology D, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel |
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Abstract: | Dialysis was carried out on redissolved freeze-dried venom of the scorpion Leiurus quinquestriatus H. and E. The mortality rate of Locusta migratoria migratorioides R. & F. injected with the dialyzable portion was used for calculating the regression equation and the LD50. It was found that the LD50 per female locust (mean weight 1·8 g) was that amount which was dialyzed out of 161 μg of whole venom, which means that the dialyzable portion has 2·67 per cent of the lethality of the whole venom. The toxic dose of the dialyzed venom was found not to differ from that of the whole venom. |
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