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Definition of S toxifera

S toxifera
Curare Cu*ra"re Curari Cu*ra"ri(k?-r?"r?), n. [Native name. Cf. Wourall.] A black resinoid extract prepared by the South American Indians from the bark of several species of Strychnos (S. toxifera, etc.). It sometimes has little effect when taken internally, but is quickly fatal when introduced into the blood, and used by the Indians as an arrow poison. [Written also urari, woorali, woorari, etc.]

Meaning of S toxifera from wikipedia

- 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...
- "mawa cure" meaning of the Mawa vine, scientifically known as Strychnos toxifera.[citation needed] Curare is also known among indigenous peoples as Ampi...
- usually an extract not of Chondrodendron, but of the Strychnos species S. toxifera, containing a different alkaloid, namely toxiferine. Pot curare was generally...
- spinosa Lam. Strychnos staudtii Gilg Strychnos tetragona A.W.Hill Strychnos toxifera R.H.Schomb. ex Lindl. Strychnos usambarensis Gilg ex Engl. The strychnine...
- chancellor or prime minister to Chandragupta, something like a Bismarck…" Chamola, S.D. Kautilya Arthshastra and the Science of Management: Relevance for the Contemporary...
- Strychnos tomentosa Benth. Strychnos torresiana Krukoff & Monach. Strychnos toxifera R.H.Schomb. ex Lindl. Strychnos tricalysioides Hutch. & M.B.Moss Strychnos...
- Engl. (as A. kataf Forssk.) Metopium toxiferum (L.) Krug & Urb. (as A. toxifera L.) Schinus polygama (Cav.) Cabrera (as A. polygama Cav.) The trunks of...
- Köhler's Medicinal Plants) Ipomoea violacea contains ergolines Strychnos toxifera, source of the paralysant alkaloid toxiferine (coloured plate from Köhler's...
- alkaloids known. It is derived from several plant species, including Strychnos toxifera and Chondrodendron tomentosum. Historically, it has been used as an arrow...
- from C-toxiferine I, a bis-quaternary alkaloid obtained from Strychnos toxifera. C-toxiferine I itself has been tested for its pharmacological action and...