Table 2. List of isolated or biochemically tested components (enzymes or inhibitors) from the venoms of Latrodectus spp.
Molecules | Species |
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α-LTXs | L. m. tredecimguttatus/L. tredecimguttatus: α-LTX-Lt1a [176] |
L. mactans: α-LTX-Lm1a [188] | |
L. hesperus: α-LTX-Lhe1a [188] | |
L. hasselti: α-LTX-Lh1a [188] | |
LITs | L. m. tredecimguttatus/L. tredecimguttatus: α-LIT-Lt1a [177], |
δ-LIT-Lt1a [174], ß-LIT, γ-LIT, and ε-LIT [148] | |
L. hasselti: α-LIT-Lh1a and δ-LIT-Lh1a [188] | |
L. hesperus: δ-LIT-Lhe1a [188] | |
α-LCT | L. m. tredecimguttatus/L. tredecimguttatus: α-LCT-Lt1a [148] |
Latrodectins | L. m. tredecimguttatus/L. tredecimguttatus [182, 183] |
L. geometricus [185] | |
L. hesperus [185] | |
Peptide inhibitor of angiotensin-converting enzyme | L. tredecimguttatus [147] |
Hyaluronidase | L. tredecimguttatus [113] |
L. mactans [113] | |
Collagenase | L. geometricus [134] |
Phosphodiesterase | L. mactans (from North America*) [189] |
Bradykinin-inactivating enzyme (kininase)-thiol endopeptidase | L. tredecimguttatus [190]** |
Serotonin | L. tredecimguttatus [191] |
Free amino acids (glutamic acid, aspartic acid, GABA, and taurine) | L. tredecimguttatus [3, 147] |
Purine derivatives (adenosine, guanosine, inosine, and 2,4,6-trihydroxypurine) | L. menavodi [192] |
*Considering the great distribution and the taxonomic uncertainty of the species, the authors prefer to identify the origin of the venom when present in the original work.
**The authors reported that L. tredecimguttatus has no proteolytic activity against casein and hemoglobin. Moreover, Frontali et al. [150] did not detect lipolytic or proteolytic action of a toxic fraction of Latrodectus venom against Azocoll.