Strychnos toxifera

Short description: Species of plant in the genus Strychnos

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.[1]

Synonyms[2]

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.[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

1. ↑ Fl. Med.: 530 (1838)
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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