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The Chemical Compositions of Insect Venoms

10-Jun-2016

Insect venoms are complicated. Really complicated. You could be forgiven for thinking that it must be a relatively simple company of chemicals that makes up the painful sensation of a bee or wasp sting, but in fact a hugely complex mixture of all sorts of compounds – proteins, peptides, enzymes, and other smaller molecules – go into a small amount of venom. The range of compounds is far too vast to detail every single one – but we can examine some of the major constituents in bee, wasp, hornet and ant venom.

Topics
  • venoms
  • Apitoxin
  • Melittin
  • Phospholipidase
  • hyaluronidase
  • histamine
  • kinins
  • bees
  • wasps
  • hornets
  • ants
  • acetylcholine
  • alkaloids
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