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. 2021 Oct 22;27:e20210011. doi: 10.1590/1678-9199-JVATITD-2021-0011

Table 2. List of isolated or biochemically tested components (enzymes or inhibitors) from the venoms of Latrodectus spp.

Molecules Species
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.