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... > Fluids and Secretions > Bodily Secretions > Venoms > Arthropod Venoms > Bee Venoms > Apamin
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Complex Mixtures > Venoms > Arthropod Venoms > Bee Venoms > Apamin

Preferred term

Apamin  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Note

  • /antag permitted but consider also ANTIVENINS

Scope note

  • A highly neurotoxic polypeptide from the venom of the honey bee (Apis mellifera). It consists of 18 amino acids with two disulfide bridges and causes hyperexcitability resulting in convulsions and respiratory paralysis.

History note

  • 91(78); was see under BEE VENOMS 1978-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001030

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