samsum

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See also: šamšum

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Noun

samsum (plural not attested)

  1. Any of certain black ants in species Pachycondyla sennaarensis (syn. Brachyponera sennaarensis)
    • 2015 July 15, Kallirroi Voudouri et al., “Insulin-Like Growth Factor and Epidermal Growth Factor Signaling in Breast Cancer Cell Growth: Focus on Endocrine Resistant Disease”, in Analytical cellular pathology (Amsterdam), volume 2015, →DOI:
      Thus, it has been reported that samsum ant venom (SAV) inhibits the IGF-I mediated phosphorylation of ERK and AKT, but not p38MAPK [ 126 ].

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