Toxinology is the specialized scientific discipline dedicated to the study of toxins—biologically produced chemical substances that cause detrimental effects in other organisms. Unlike toxicology, which encompasses the study of all poisons (including synthetic chemicals and environmental pollutants), toxinology focuses exclusively on toxins, venoms, and poisons produced by living organisms
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A recent study has revealed that the highly lethal, primarily #neurotoxic #venom of fat-tailed #scorpions (genus Androctonus) possesses an additional, previously unknown biochemical mechanism that induces rapid blood clotting in humans.
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