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Venom of the giant ant Dinoponera quadriceps attenuates inflammatory pain in mo...
Assreuy, Ana Maria Sampaio; Adjafre, Beatriz Lima; Sousa, Évilla Rayanne Oliveira; Alves, Ana Paula Negreiros Nunes; Pires, Alana de FreitasArthropod venoms are potential sources of bioactive substances, providing tools for the validation of popular use and new drugs design. Ants belonging to the genus Dinoponera are used in the folk medicine to treat inflammatory conditions. It was previously demonstrated that the venom of the giant ant Dinoponera quadriceps (DqV), containing a mixture of polypeptides, elicit antinociceptive effect in mi...
Avaliação do efeito do veneno de Dinoponera quadriceps na fase inflamatória agu...
Adjafre, Beatriz LimaCutaneous wounds are traumatic events that break the skin’s integrity and cause problems for the body, even leading to death. Wound healing is a process divided into 4 phases (homeostasis, inflammation, proliferation and remodeling) seeking to restore the ulcerated area, leaving an aesthetically satisfactory scar in place. Pain is an element often present throughout the healing process and is, therefore, one of...
Venom of the giant ant Dinoponera quadriceps attenuates inflammatory pain in mo...
Assreuy, Ana Maria Sampaio; Adjafre, Beatriz Lima; Sousa, Évilla Rayanne Oliveira; Alves, Ana Paula Negreiros Nunes; Pires, Alana de FreitasArthropod venoms are potential sources of bioactive substances, providing tools for the validation of popular use and new drugs design. Ants belonging to the genus Dinoponera are used in the folk medicine to treat inflammatory conditions. It was previously demonstrated that the venom of the giant ant Dinoponera quadriceps (DqV), containing a mixture of polypeptides, elicit antinociceptive effect in mice models ...