1) Alkaloid 2) Bitter compound 3) Formerly used as a stimulant 4) French word used in English 5) Phytotoxin 6) Plant toxin 7) Rat poison
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1) Nux vomica 2) Poison 3) Ratpoison 4) Strychnia
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Strychnine (n; also n or n) is a highly toxic ({LD50} = 0.16 mg/kg in rats, 1–2 mg/kg orally in humans), colorless, bitter crystalline alkaloid used as a pesticide, particularly for killing small vertebrates such as birds and rodents. Strychnine, when inhaled, swallowed or absorbed through eyes or mouth, causes a poisoning which results in muscu...
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• (n.) A very poisonous alkaloid resembling brucine, obtained from various species of plants, especially from species of Loganiaceae, as from the seeds of the St. Ignatius bean (Strychnos Ignatia) and from nux vomica. It is obtained as a white crystalline substance, having a very bitter acrid taste, and is employed in medicine (chiefly in the ...
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a poisonous alkaloid that is obtained from seeds of the nux vomica tree (S. nux-vomica) and related plants of the genus Strychnos. It was discovered ... [2 related articles]
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<drug> Alkaloid obtained from the Indian tree Strychnos nux vomica, specific blocking agent for the action of the amino acid transmitter glycine. ... Convulsive effects of strychnine are probably due to its blockage of inhibitory synapses onto spinal cord motoneurons. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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(strik´nīn) a very poisonous alkaloid from seeds of Strychnos nux-vomica and other species of Strychnos; a common strychnine-containing rodenticide causes convulsions in humans.
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Alkaloid obtained from the Indian tree Strychnos nux-vomica ; specific blocking agent for the action of the amino acid transmitter glycine. Convulsive effects of strychnine are probably due to its blockage of inhibitory synapses onto spinal cord motoneurons.
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Strych'nine noun [ Latin
strychnos a kind of nightshade, Greek ...: confer French
strychnine .]
(Chemistry) A very poisonous alkaloid resembling brucine, obtained from various species of plants, especially from species of
Loganiaceæ , as from the seeds of the St. Ignatius be...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: strik′nīn, -nēn Definitions: 1. An alkaloid from Strychnos nux-vomica; colorless crystals of intensely bitter taste, nearly insoluble in water. It stimulates all parts of the CNS, and was used as a stomachic, an antidote for depressant poisons, and in the treatment of myocarditis. Strychnine blocks the inhi...
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Strychnine is a white, odourless, crystalline powder, almost insoluble in water, with an intensely bitter taste. It is a poisonous alkaloid obtained from the dried seeds of nux vomica and other species of Strychnos. In small does it is administered as a heart stimulant. In toxic doses strychnine causes convulsions which are interspersed with period...
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[
n] - an alkaloid plant toxin extracted chiefly from nux vomica
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Has been tried to cure sleep apnoea! Works a bit, but there are worries that spouses might be tempted to give an overdose at 3 am when the snoring is particularly bad!
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noun an alkaloid plant toxin extracted chiefly from nux vomica; formerly used as a stimulant
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Bitter-tasting, poisonous alkaloid. It is a poison that causes violent muscular spasms, and is usually obtained by powdering the seeds of plants of the genus
Strychnos (for example
S. nux vomica). Curare is a related drug
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a colorless, crystalline poison, CHNO, obtained chiefly by extraction from the seeds of nux vomica, formerly used as a central nervous system stimulant. · an Indian tree, Strychnos nux-vomica, of the logania family, having small, yellowish-white flowers in clusters, berrylike fruit, and seeds that yield strychnine.
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