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Anaphylactic shock with pulmonary eosinophilic infiltration due to honeybee attack in a donkey: case report

A case of a donkey attacked by Africanized honeybee is reported here with clinical signs of agitation, dehydration, congestion of the ocular mucous membranes, tongue edema, tachycardia and inspiratory dyspnea, and progression to death. At necropsy, diffuse, severe subcutaneous edema at face and cervical ...

Melittin-induced metabolic changes on the Madin-Darby Bovine Kidney cell line

In this study, the toxic effects of melittin on Madin-Darby Bovine Kidney cells (MDBK) were analyzed with respect to mitochondrial functionality by reduction of MTT and flow cytometry, apoptosis potential, necrosis, oxygen reactive species (ROS) production, lipid peroxidation, and DNA fragmentation using...

Melittin suppresses growth and induces apoptosis of non-small-cell lung cancer cells via down-regulation of TGF-β-mediated ERK signal pathway

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 54 (2), 2021
The purpose of this study was to investigate the anti-cancer effect of melittin on growth, migration, invasion, and apoptosis of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cells. This study also explored the potential anti-cancer mechanism of melittin in NSCLC cells. The results demonstrated that melittin suppre...

Revisión de tema: Aspectos toxinológicos y biomédicos del veneno de las abejas Apis mellifera

Iatreia; 18 (1), 2005
El veneno de abejas incluye compuestos orgánicos de bajo y alto peso molecular. Se encuentran en él péptidos simples como la apamina, polipéptidos como la melitina y enzimas como la fosfolipasa A2 y la hialuronidasa; recientemente se demostró que algunos citratos son también componentes mayores del...