An overview of the bioactive compounds, therapeutic properties and toxic effects of apitoxin.

Food Chem Toxicol

Mountain Research Center (CIMO), Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Campus Santa Apolónia, 5300-253, Bragança, Portugal; Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Agricultural College of Bragança, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Campus Santa Apolónia, 5300-253, Bragança, Portugal. Electronic address:

Published: December 2019

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