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  • noun A toxic peptide that is the main component of the venom of honey bees

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Examples

  • Researchers have found that specific compounds in the venom, namely melittin and adolapin, can work toward reducing pain and inflammation through a process that allows the body to release natural healing compounds in its own defense.

    News 2010

  • Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have used an ingredient of bee venom called melittin to shrink or slow the growth of tumors in mice.

    Kinshasa On The Potomac 2009

  • University in St. Louis have used an ingredient of bee venom called melittin to shrink or slow the growth of tumors in mice.

    WN.com - Articles related to Audio: New Shakira song big reason for album being out next month 2009

  • They are using nanoparticles to deliver bee venom called melittin through the body to kill cancerous tumor cells.

    Latest from Computerworld 2009

  • 11-Aminoundecanthiol (AUT), other chemicals such as melittin and water (HPLC grade) from Sigma-Aldrich, Switzerland.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Murali Krishna Ghatkesar et al. 2008

  • The powerful anti-inflammatory effects of melittin and adolapin in bee venom - along with apamin, improve nerve transmission and are being used to effectively treat fibromyalgia and tendonitis.

    Dr. Reese Halter: Giving Thanks for Bees Dr. Reese Halter 2010

  • The powerful anti-inflammatory effects of melittin and adolapin in bee venom - along with apamin, improve nerve transmission and are being used to effectively treat fibromyalgia and tendonitis.

    Dr. Reese Halter: Giving Thanks for Bees Dr. Reese Halter 2010

  • When injected into mice which had been given high doses of melittin, these precisely imprinted nanoparticles enveloped the matching melittin molecules before they could disperse, greatly reducing deaths among the mice.

    TG Daily 2010

  • Tiny polymeric particles were designed to block bee venom by matching and encasing melittin, a peptide in bee venom that causes cells to rupture.

    TG Daily 2010

  • After the plastic hardened, they removed the melittin, leaving nanoparticles with minuscule melittin-shaped holes.

    TG Daily 2010

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