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Descriptions

Strychnine is a very toxic (LD50 = 1 mgkg), colorless crystalline alkaloid used as a pesticide, particularly for killing small vertebrates such as rodents. Strychnine causes muscular convulsions and eventually asphyxia or sheer exhaustion. The most common source is from the seeds of the Strychnos nux-vomica tree. Strychnine is one of the most bitter substances in the world. Its taste is detectable in concentrations as low as 1 ppm. Strychnine acts as a blocker or antagonist at the inhibitory or strychnine-sensitive glycine receptor (GlyR), a ligand -gated chloride channel in the spinal cord and the brain. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Strychnine (Wikipedia)

An alkaloid found in the seeds of STRYCHNOS NUX-VOMICA. It is a competitive antagonist at glycine receptors and thus a convulsant. It has been used as an analeptic, in the treatment of nonketotic hyperglycinemia and sleep apnea, and as a rat poison. Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2006

Basic Part Properties

Part Display Name
Strychnine
Part Type
Component (Describes the core component or analyte measured)
Created On
2000-05-04
Construct for LOINC Short Name
Strychnine

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Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
zh-CN Chinese (China) 番木鳖碱
Synonyms: 士的宁;马钱子碱
fr-CA French (Canada) Strychnine
et-EE Estonian (Estonia) Strühniin
es-ES Spanish (Spain) Estricnina
it-IT Italian (Italy) Stricnina
tr-TR Turkish (Turkey) Striknin
ru-RU Russian (Russian Federation) Стрихнин
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) strychnine
fr-BE French (Belgium) Strychnine