Psalmopoeus cambridgei the Trinidad chevron tarantula is a species of spider in the Theraphosidae family endemic to Trinidad. Its venom is the source of psalmotoxin and vanillotoxin which are classified as inhibitor cystine knot proteins. Psalmotoxin may be of therapeutic use in patients suffering from a stroke.
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