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Diamphotoxin : the arrow poison of the !Kung Bushmen

In this thesis I describe a toxic protein, diamphotoxin, that is present in the pupae of the beetle Diamphidia nigro-ornata. This insect is used as an arrow poison by the !Kung Bushmen inhabiting the savannah of eastern Namibia and western Botswana. Preliminary investigations showed that the pupae c...

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Main Author: De la Harpe, Jonathan H
Other Authors: Dowdle, Eugene B
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Division of Chemical Pathology 2018
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