(from the article `drug`) ...amplitude of the end-plate potential falls below a critical level, it fails to initiate an impulse in the muscle fibre, and transmission is ... ...is a powerful antimalarial agent that was formerly the drug of choice for treating that disease, though it has been largely replaced by less toxic ... Several ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/89
<drug> An alkaloid that acts as a muscle relaxant by blocking acetyl choline receptors. ... (18 Nov 1997) ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973
(too″bo-ku-rah´rēn) an alkaloid from the bark and stems of Chondrodendron tomentosum; it is the active principle of curare and is a nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent; used in the form of the chloride salt for relaxation of skeletal muscles in surgery and convulsive therapy and as an aid in the diagnosis ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
curarenoun a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles; `curare acts by blocking cholinergic transmission at the myoneural junction` Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974