Strychnos Toxifera

Strychnos toxifera
	Botanical illustration
Scientific classification
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
	Strychnos syntoxica Sprague & Sandwith

Short description: Species of plant in the genus Strychnos

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.^[2] It is the principal source of calabash or gourd curare.^[3]

Macusine B is an alkaloid inhibitor of adrenergic alpha-receptors and tryptamine receptors that can be isolated from Strychnos toxifera.^[4]

References

↑ Fl. Med.: 530 (1838)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Strychnos toxifera R.H.Schomb. ex Lindl.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:547525-1.
↑ 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. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4379810/.

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[1] Fl. Med.: 530 (1838)

[547525-1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "Strychnos toxifera R.H.Schomb. ex Lindl.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:547525-1.

[3] Quattrocchi, Umberto (2012). CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. p. 3607. ISBN 9781482250640.

[4] 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. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4379810/.

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