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. 2014 Jul 23;5:22–32.

Table 3.

Hemolysis induced by scyphozoan extracts to RBCs from different mammals, birds and fish; (*) from Red Sea (AaRS); (+) from Chesapeake Bay (AaCB); (^) after Fluorescence Activated Cell Scanner (FACS) preparation; (#) post-Sephadex G-200; (§) value obtained after incubation with 100mg protein/ml; (○) from fishing tentacles; (•) from oral arms; (□) approximate values derived from original graphs; (▪) 0.45% RBC suspension; n.a. = not active; n.v. = nematocyst venom; l.s. = from large specimen; s.s. = from small specimens; PH = purified hemolytic fraction

Species Sensitive RBCs Concentration inducing 50% hemolysis Reference
Atolla vanhoeffeni      
 water-soluble extract sheep n.a. Kawabata, 2013
Atolla wyvillei      
 water-soluble extract sheep n.a. Kawabata, 2013
Aurelia aurita      
 crude venom (*) human 1μg venom protein Radwan et al, 2001
 crude venom (+) human 8μg venom protein Radwan et al, 2001
 crude venom protein human 0.61mg/ml Segura Puertas et al, 2002
 lysine sheep
rabbit
35.3μg/ml
13.5μg/ml
Helmholz, 2010
Carybdea marsupialis      
 nematocyst venom sheep 27.91ng/ml Rottini et al, 1995
Cassiopea andromeda      
 crude venom human 1μg protein Radwan et al, 2001
Cassiopea xamachana      
 crude venom (^) human 7μg/ml Radwan and Burnett, 2001
 crude venom human 11μg protein Radwan et al, 2001
 crude venom human
sheep
6.89μg/ml
56μg/ml
Torres et al, 2001
 crude venom CxTX
 fractions I-VI (#)
human 40.6% hemolysis (§)
15.2–76.5% hemolysis (§)
Radwan et al, 2005
Chrysaora achylos      
 crude venom (○) human 150μg/ml Radwan et al, 2000
 crude venom (•) human 220μg/ml Radwan et al, 2000
Chrysaora hysoscella      
 >10KDa MW n.v. human
mouse
sheep
>5.0μg protein (□)
2.7μg protein approx. (□)
3.5μg protein approx. (□)
Del Negro et al, 1991
Chrysaora quinquecirrha      
 crude venom human
dog
pig
horse
sheep
rabbit
rat
chicken
0.5–0.63mg protein
0.34mg protein
0.15mg protein
1.29mg protein
0.66mg protein
1.52mg protein
0.28mg protein
2.58mg protein
Long-Rowe and Burnett, 1994
 crude venom (○) human 63μg/ml Radwan et al, 2000
 nematocyst venom (○) human 35μg/ml Bloom et al, 2001
Cyanea capillata      
 nematocyst venom (l.s.) rodent 98μg/ml Helmholz et al, 2012
 nematocyst venom (s.s.) rodent 177μg/ml Helmholz et al, 2012
 lysine freshly prepared sheep
rabbit
43.1μg/ml
8.8μg/ml
Helmholz, 2010
 lysine stored at -80°C sheep
rabbit
>50μg/ml
>50μg/ml
Helmholz, 2010
 tentacle-only extract rat 150μg/ml (□)(▪) Xiao et al, 2010
 tentacle-only extract human
sheep
rabbit
rat
mouse
210μg/ml (□)(▪)
156μg/ml (▪)
210μg/ml (□)(▪)
230μg/ml (□)(▪)
260μg/ml (□)(▪)
Wang et al, 2012
Cyanea nozakii      
 fresh n.v. chicken 5.08μg/ml approx. Feng et al, 2010
 -80°C stored n.v. chicken 5.35μg/ml approx. Feng et al, 2010
 CnPH   HU50 approx. 5μg/ml Li et al, 2011
Nemopilema nomurai      
 crude extract human
dog
cat
rabbit
rat
964 μg/ml
151 μg/ml
685 μg/ml
729 μg/ml
497 μg/ml
Kang et al, 2009
Pelagia noctiluca      
 crude extract human
rabbit
chicken
eel
0.1μg/ml (35% hemolysis)
0.1μg/ml (90% hemolysis)
0.1μg/ml (90% hemolysis)
0.1μg/ml (41% hemolysis)
Marino et al, 2007
Periphylla periphylla      
 water-soluble extract sheep n.a. Kawabata, 2013
Rhizostoma pulmo      
 rhizolysin human
rat
5μg protein (20% hemol.)
11μg protein (20% hemol.)
Cariello et al, 1988
 high MW fractions human 32μg/ml (100% hemolysis) Mazzei et al, 1995
Rhopilema nomadica      
 partially purified venom human
sheep
rabbit
guinea-pig
32ng
57ng
55ng
67ng
Gusmani et al, 1997
Stomolophus meleagris      
 crude venom
 purified fractions
 SmTX
chicken 10.5μg/ml
110μg/ml
70μg/ml
Li et al, 2013