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Definition of Strychnos toxifera

Strychnos toxifera
Curarine Cu"ra*rine (k?"r?-r?n or k?-r?"r?n; 104), n. (Chem.) A deadly alkaloid extracted from the curare poison and from the Strychnos toxifera. It is obtained in crystalline colorless salts.

Meaning of Strychnos toxifera from wikipedia

- Strychnos toxifera, called bush rope and devil doer, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Strychnos, native to Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador...
- Gilg Strychnos tetragona A.W.Hill Strychnos toxifera R.H.Schomb. ex Lindl. Strychnos usambarensis Gilg ex Engl. The strychnine tree, Strychnos nux-vomica...
- botanist, identified the vine as one of the genus Strychnos and gave it the now accepted name Strychnos toxifera. George Harley (1829–1896) showed in 1850 that...
- derived from the bark of Strychnos toxifera, S. guianensis (family Loganiaceae), Chondrodendron tomentosum or Sciadotenia toxifera (family Meni****ceae)...
- creation of these poisons are mainly extracted from plants of the Antiaris, Strychnos and Strophanthus genera, and Antiaris toxicaria (a tree of the mulberry...
- contains ergolines Strychnos toxifera, source of the paralysant alkaloid toxiferine (coloured plate from Köhler's Medicinal Plants) Strychnos nux-vomica, prin****l...
- (C-toxiferine I) is a curare toxin. It is a bisindole alkaloid derived from Strychnos toxifera and a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist. This alkaloid is...
- prepared from C-toxiferine I, a bis-quaternary alkaloid obtained from Strychnos toxifera. C-toxiferine I itself has been tested for its pharmacological action...
- history regarding curare, and its several known plant sources, e.g., Strychnos toxifera. Davis (1996) at 213, 214–15. Lamb (1985) at 17–18, 48, 97. Davis...
- this was usually an extract not of Chondrodendron, but of the Strychnos species S. toxifera, containing a different alkaloid, namely toxiferine. Pot curare...