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| Title |
Pharmacology and biochemistry of spider venoms
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Toxicon, March 2002
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| DOI | 10.1016/s0041-0101(01)00199-4 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Lachlan D. Rash, Wayne C. Hodgson |
| Abstract |
Spider venoms represent an incredible source of biologically active substances which selectively target a variety of vital physiological functions in both insects and mammals. Many toxins isolated from spider venoms have been invaluable in helping to determine the role and diversity of neuronal ion channels and the process of exocytosis. In addition, there is enormous potential for the use of insect specific toxins from animal sources in agriculture. For these reasons, the past 15-20 years has seen a dramatic increase in studies on the venoms of many animals, particularly scorpions and spiders. This review covers the pharmacological and biochemical activities of spider venoms and the nature of the active components. In particular, it focuses on the wide variety of ion channel toxins, novel non-neurotoxic peptide toxins, enzymes and low molecular weight compounds that have been isolated. It also discusses the intraspecific sex differences in given species of spiders. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 273 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 3% |
| Brazil | 4 | 1% |
| Australia | 2 | <1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | <1% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Poland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 256 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 49 | 18% |
| Researcher | 41 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 37 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 35 | 13% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 19 | 7% |
| Other | 52 | 19% |
| Unknown | 40 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 131 | 48% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 28 | 10% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 13 | 5% |
| Chemistry | 13 | 5% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 4% |
| Other | 31 | 11% |
| Unknown | 45 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 October 2023.
All research outputs
#3,060,631
of 25,371,288 outputs
Outputs from Toxicon
#234
of 3,363 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#3,898
of 49,730 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Toxicon
#1
of 11 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 3,363 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 6.1. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 93% of its peers.
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