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Physostigma venenosum, the
Calabar bean or
ordeal bean, is a
leguminous plant,
Endemic to
tropical Africa, with a seed
poisonous to humans. It derives...
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Calabar bean) is a
highly toxic parasympathomimetic alkaloid, specifically, a
reversible cholinesterase inhibitor. It
occurs naturally in the
Calabar...
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primate Calabar bean Calabar python Calabar River,
Nigeria Domingos Fernandes Calabar (c. 1600–1635) was a
Brazilian soldier and
smuggler Calabar Kingdom...
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researched the
effects on the eye made by physostigmine, an
extract from the
Calabar bean (Physostigma venenosum),
which is
found in
tropical Africa.
Robert Christison...
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aminals Physostigmine,a
highly toxic cholinesterase inhibitor found in the
Calabar bean. Hodgkinsine, an
alkaloid with antiviral,
antibacterial and antifungal...
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Uburutu people of present-day Nigeria,
would administer the
poisonous Calabar bean (Physostigma venenosum,
known as
esere in Efik),
which contains physostigmine...
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physostigmine from the
calabar bean.
Julian also
extracted stigmasterol,
which took its name from
Physostigma venenosum, the west
African calabar bean that he hoped...
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halved fruits containing the
toxic seeds Flower Unripe fruit Nerium Calabar bean Digitalis POWO:
Cerbera manghas L.
Babula P,
Masarik M, Adam V, Provaznik...
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shrub Iboga,
which contain ibogaine, as a stimulant. An
infusion of
Calabar bean seeds was
given to
people accused of
crime in Nigeria: its rejection...
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results suggest her
death was the
result of
ingesting a rare and
illegal Calabar bean. A
search of her flat
leads Staffe to
discover more than £3,000 in used...
