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Scorpion venom when injected exerts a strong inflammatory response [ 11 ] . Many plant species used against stings contain compounds with antiinflammatory properties, flavonoids (rutin, hesperidin, quercetin), coumarins (bergapten), coumestans (wedelolactone), triterpenes, sterols and saponins [ 38 11 ] . The mechanism of action of the flavonoids is based on the inhibition of enzymatic steps in the arachidonic acid cascade [ 38 ] . Plant compounds that are immunostimulants at very low doses are some alkaloids, quinones, isobutylamides, phenolcarboxylic acid esters and terpenoids [ 39 ] . Other plant compounds with immunostimulatory effects are sesquiterpene lactones [ 40 ] . Many polysaccharides and glycoproteins enhance the unspecific immune system by activating the phagocytotic activity of granulocytes and macrophages, or by inducing cytokine production or influencing complement factors [ 39 ] .
Moreover, these data show that after 6 hr of incubation: (1) cellular alpha-tocopheryl quinone levels were generally higher than those of gamma-tocopheryl quinone; (2) cellular tocopheryl quinones levels were always much lower than cellular tocopherol levels.
The uptake and depletion tocopheryl quinones (separately and together)
Tocopherol quinones were considered to be likely oxidization products of the tocopherols.