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Altitoxin is a neurotoxin found in the South African scorpion Parabuthus transvaalicus. Injection of altitoxin in mice leads to akinesia, depression and death.[1]
^Inceoglu, B.; Lango, J.; Pessah, I. N.; Hammock, B. D. (2005). "Three structurally related, highly potent, peptides from the venom of Parabuthus transvaalicus possess divergent biological activity". Toxicon. 45 (6): 727–33. doi:10.1016/j.toxicon.2005.01.020. PMID 15804521.
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