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IN previous communications1,2 the occurrence of high concentrations of 5-hydroxytryptamine in the venom of Leiurus quinquestriatus was reported. Since then, the venom of Buthotus minax L. Koch (another common local species) has been found to contain much smaller amounts of 5-hydroxytryptamine, and this observation has been correlated with the histo-logical appearance and histochemical reactions of the venom glands.
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ADAM, K., WEISS, C. Distribution of 5-Hydroxytryptamine in Scorpion Venoms. Nature 183, 1398–1399 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1831398a0
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