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Black Widow Spider
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Definition
: A venomous New World spider with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the abdomen.
/microbiol /parasitol /virol permitted; bite: coord IM with ARACHNIDISM (IM)
Other names
Latrodectus mactans; mactans, Latrodectus; mactan, Latrodectus; Widow Spiders, Black; Widow Spider, Black; Spiders, Black Widow; Spider, Black Widow; Latrodectus mactan; Black Widow Spiders
Substance
CAS Registry & name
Categories
Source
latrocrustatoxin
0
*Spider Venoms
Black Widow Spider.
Gen Pharmacol 1997 Jan;28(1):159-66
latrodectin
0
*Spider Venoms
Black Widow Spider.
Eur J Biochem 1995 May 15;230(1):322-8
XTx protein, Latrodectus
0
*Spider Venoms
Black Widow Spider.
Ann N Y Acad Aci 1994 Mar 9;710:38-47
latroinsectotoxin
130810-27-4
*Spider Venoms
Black Widow Spider.
Neuroscience 1992;46(1):181-8
black widow spider venom
0
*Spider Venoms
Black Widow Spider.
J Neurochem 1983;41(2):395