Strychnos toxifera

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Strychnos toxifera
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Loganiaceae
Genus: Strychnos
Species:
S. toxifera
Binomial name
Strychnos toxifera
Synonyms [2]

Strychnos syntoxicaSprague & Sandwith

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, Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, Peru and Bolivia. [2] It is the principal source of calabash or gourd curare. [3]

Macusine B is an alkaloid inhibitor of adrenergic alpha-receptors and tryptamine receptors that can be isolated from Strychnos toxifera. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Fl. Med.: 530 (1838)
  2. 1 2 "Strychnos toxifera R.H.Schomb. ex Lindl". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  3. ↑ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2012). CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. p. 3607. ISBN   9781482250640.
  4. ↑ Leonard, B. E. (November 1965). "The inhibition of adrenergic alpha-receptors and tryptamine receptors by macusine B". The Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 17 (11): 755–757. doi:10.1111/j.2042-7158.1965.tb07600.x. ISSN   0022-3573. PMID   4379810.
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