Overview
Curare works by affecting neuromuscular transmissions. It is basically a muscle
relaxant
Constituents
Alkaloid D-tubocurarine, mono- and bisindole quaternary alkaloids: Guiaflavine,
5',6'-dehydroguiaflavine, 9-methoxy-Nb-methylgeissoschizol;
C-alkaloid O, fluorocurine, mavacurine, macusine B
and C-profluorocurine
Dosage
Tincture: check with your herbalist or homeopath
Warning
Extremely poisonous
Reference
Foldes, F.F. "Anesthesia before and after curare", Anasthesieabteilung des
Albert-Einstein-College of Medicine.
Anaesthesiol Reanim, 1993, 18(5):128-31. (retrieved June 20 2005) James, Mel. "Harold Griffith",Heirloom
Series, Volume 6. (retrieved June 20 2005)
"Curare", Blue Planet Biomes, 2000. (retrieved September 27 2005)
Bisindole alkaloids from Strychnos
guianensis are effective antagonists of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in cultured human TE671 cells.
Wins P, Margineanu I, Penelle J, Angenot L, Grisar T, Bettendorff L. Center for Cellular and Molecular
Neurobiology, University of Liege, place Delcour, 17, 4020 Liege, Belgium
Quaternary indole alkaloids from
the stem bark of Strychnos guianensis.
Penelle J, Tits M, Christen P, Molgo J, Brandt V, Frederich M, Angenot L. Universite de Liege, Institut de
Pharmacie, CHU, Belgium. jacques.penelle@ulg.ac.be
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