picrotoxin
[pik-ruh-tok-sin]
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noun Pharmacology.
a white, crystalline, bitter, poisonous, central nervous system stimulant, C30H34O13, obtained from the seeds of Anamirta cocculus: used chiefly in the treatment of barbiturate poisoning.
Origin of picrotoxin
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Picrotoxin (C30H24O13) is not an alkaloid as may be seen from its formula.
The Medicinal Plants of the PhilippinesT. H. Pardo de Tavera
For the reaction to succeed, the picrotoxin should be tolerably pure.
Poisons: Their Effects and DetectionAlexander Wynter Blyth
It would take up any picrotoxin or aloes if present, and thereby acquire a strongly bitter taste.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume IIArnold Cooley
It contains an active principle, cicutoxin, which in some respects is allied to strychnine and picrotoxin.
Aids to Forensic Medicine and ToxicologyW. G. Aitchison Robertson
Contains a poisonous active principle, picrotoxin; used to adulterate beer, and by poachers to stupefy fish.
Aids to Forensic Medicine and ToxicologyW. G. Aitchison Robertson
picrotoxin
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