Small Molecules in the Venom of the Scorpion Hormurus waigiensis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Scorpion Collection
2.2. Venom Extraction and Purification
2.3. Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS)
2.4. Mass Spectrometry and NMR Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Venom Collection and Fractionation
3.2. NMR Analysis of RP-HPLC Fractions
3.3. High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry
3.4. Adenosine Quantitation by LC/MS
4. Discussion
4.1. Adenosine
4.2. AMP
4.3. Citric Acid/Citrate
4.4. Free Amino Acids
4.5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Evans, E.R.J.; McIntyre, L.; Northfield, T.D.; Daly, N.L.; Wilson, D.T. Small Molecules in the Venom of the Scorpion Hormurus waigiensis. Biomedicines 2020, 8, 259. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines8080259
Evans ERJ, McIntyre L, Northfield TD, Daly NL, Wilson DT. Small Molecules in the Venom of the Scorpion Hormurus waigiensis. Biomedicines. 2020; 8(8):259. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines8080259
Chicago/Turabian StyleEvans, Edward R. J., Lachlan McIntyre, Tobin D. Northfield, Norelle L. Daly, and David T. Wilson. 2020. "Small Molecules in the Venom of the Scorpion Hormurus waigiensis" Biomedicines 8, no. 8: 259. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines8080259