(isim) striknin

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strychnine
Ignatius bean (Strychnos Ignatia) and from nux vomica
{i} highly poisonous vegetable alkaloid
A very toxic, colourless crystalline alkaloid, derived from nux vomica, used as a pesticide
A very poisonous alkaloid resembling brucine, obtained from various species of plants, especially from species of Loganiaceæ, as from the seeds of the St
Strychnine is a very poisonous drug which is sometimes used in very small amounts as a medicine. a very poisonous substance sometimes used in small amounts as a medicine (strychnos type of poisonous plant, from ). Organic compound, a poisonous alkaloid obtained from seeds of the nux vomica tree of India and related plants of the genus Strychnos. It does not dissolve in water nor well in alcohol, and it has an intense bitter taste. It has been used in rodent poisons. Within 20 minutes after ingestion, it causes painful muscle contractions and convulsions, pulling the head back and arching the back; death usually results from respiratory muscle spasms. It is used in small doses by veterinarians as a stimulant
It is obtained as a white crystalline substance, having a very bitter acrid taste, and is employed in medicine (chiefly in the form of the sulphate) as a powerful neurotic stimulant
Called also strychnia, and formerly strychnina
an alkaloid plant toxin extracted chiefly from nux vomica; formerly used as a stimulant