| Strychnos toxifera | |
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| Botanical illustration | |
Scientific classification 
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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 R.H.Schomb. ex Lindl. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Strychnos syntoxica Sprague & 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. It is the principal source of calabash or gourd curare.
Macusine B is an alkaloid inhibitor of adrenergic alpha-receptors and tryptamine receptors that can be isolated from Strychnos toxifera.
References
- Fl. Med.: 530 (1838)
- ^ "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.
- Quattrocchi, Umberto (2012). CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. p. 3607. ISBN 9781482250640.
- 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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