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noun - a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles
A dark resinous extract obtained from several tropical American woody plants, especially Chondrodendron tomentosum or certain species of Strychnos, used as an arrow poison by some Indian peoples of South America.
A purified preparation or alkaloid obtained from Chondrodendron tomentosum, used in medicine and surgery to relax skeletal muscles.
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| This poison producing paralysis in its victims was used on South American Indian arrows |
| Claude Bernard pioneered the field with his 19th C. study of this poison used by Amazon natives |
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| a bitter resinous substance obtained from the bark and stems of some South American plants. It paralyses the motor nerves and is traditionally used by some Indian peoples to poison their arrows and blowpipe darts. |
| a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles used by South American indians as an arrow poison |
| A bitter resinous substance obtained from the bark and stems of some South American plants. It paralyses the motor nerves and is traditionally used by some Indian peoples to poison their arrows and blowpipe darts. |
| A dark resinous extract obtained from several tropical American woody plants, especially Chondrodendron tomentosum or certain species of Strychnos, used as an arrow poison by some Indian peoples of South America. |
| A purified preparation or alkaloid obtained from Chondrodendron tomentosum, used in medicine and surgery to relax skeletal muscles. |
| A plant yielding curare. |
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Curare or is a common name for various plant extract alkaloid arrow poisons originating from Central and South America. These poisons function by competitively and reversibly inhibiting the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR), which is a subtype of acetylcholine receptor found at the neuromuscular junction. This causes weakness of the skeletal muscles and, when administered in a sufficient dose, eventual death by asphyxiation due to paralysis of the diaphragm. * According to pharmacologist Rudolf Boehm's 1895 classification scheme, the three main types of curare are: * tube or bamboo curare (so named because of its packing into hollow bamboo tubes; main toxin is D-tubocurarine). * pot curare (originally packed in terra cotta pots; main alkaloid components are protocurarine, protocurine, and protocuridine). Protocurarine is the active ingredient; protocurine is only weakly toxic, and protocuridine is not toxic. * calabash or gourd curare (originally packed into hollow gourds; main toxin |