"insectotoxin" meaning in English

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          "text": "2001, N. Sperelakis, M. Sunagawa, M. Nakamura, H. Yokoshiki, T. Seki, 11: Toxins that Affect Ion Channrls, Pumps and Exchangers, Daniel Acosta, Cardiovascular Toxicology, 3rd Edition, page 343,\nThe insectotoxins may also target the insect post-synaptic glutamate receptor."
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          "text": "It is, however, highly homologous to the scorpion insectotoxins derived from Buthus eupeus venom.",
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          "ref": "2013, Wolfgang Nentwig, Lucia Kuhn Nentwig, “14: Main Components of Spider Venoms”, in Wolfgang Nentwig, editor, Spider Ecophysiology, page 195",
          "text": "The cytolytic acting peptides from Cupiennius salei are grouped into several cupiennin families; in Lachesana tarabaevi the short peptides are called latarcins, the large cyto-insectotoxins.",
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