in artificial environments the effect of botit6 is less potent than it is in vivo, which might be explained by other toxic neuropeptides in the venom of the scorpion. these neuropeptide toxins may cooperate to make venom more effective. another possibility is the presence of other more potent toxins in the venom. these toxins often share many characteristics, which means they partially overlap in binding sites. botit6 is known to compete with other neurotoxins, i-aahit and i-botit2, over the same binding site on the sodium channels for these toxins.