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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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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University of Cape Town
2018
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27499 |