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Nairobi fly is the common name for two species of rove beetle in the genus Paederus, native to East Africa originating from Tanzania. [1] The beetles contain a corrosive substance known as pederin, which can cause chemical burns if it comes into contact with skin. [2] [3] Because of these burns, the Nairobi fly is sometimes referred to as a ...
Because Paederus species are widely dispersed around the world, this syndrome has many different local nicknames including "whiplash dermatitis", "spider lick", [6] and "Nairobi fly dermatitis". In East Africa, conjunctivitis from getting pederin in the eye is called "Nairobi eye". [11]
[2] [3] [4] Other local names given to Paederus dermatitis include spider-lick, whiplash dermatitis, [5] and Nairobi fly dermatitis. [ 2 ] Rove beetles do not bite or sting but cause skin irritations and blisters when accidentally brushed or crushed against the skin provoking them to release their coelemic fluid which contains a strong ...
A deadly pufferfish hospitalized an entire family who unintentionally consumed the poisonous fish for dinner. According to Brazil's Globo News, eleven members of the Souza family ate a pufferfish ...
Fifth grader Karin Tabira passed a test that means she is now certified to slice and gut the poisonous fish for consumption. Girl, 10, becomes youngest person certified to prepare poisonous fish ...
Pederin is a vesicant toxic amide with two tetrahydropyran rings, found in the haemolymph of the beetle genus Paederus, including the Nairobi fly, belonging to the family Staphylinidae. It was first characterized by processing 25 million field-collected P. fuscipes. [1] It makes up approximately 0.025% of an insects weight (for P. fuscipes). [1]
Species of puffer fish (the family Tetraodontidae) are the most poisonous in the world, and the second most poisonous vertebrate after the golden dart frog.The active substance, tetrodotoxin, found in the internal organs and sometimes also the skin, paralyzes the diaphragm muscles of human victims, who can die from suffocation.
It was discovered that euglonophycin, a euglenoid ichthyotoxin derived from Euglena sanguinea, displays anticancer activity. [4] By sharing a similar chemical structure to solenopsin, an angiogenic inhibitor and alkaloid toxin derived from fire ant venom, euglonophycin has been studied for potential application in natural products and drug development for cancer therapy. [5]