As nouns the difference between curare and toxiferine
is that curare is a plant, species: Strychnos toxifera, known for the toxin it produces while toxiferine is a curare toxin and nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist.
curare
Alternative forms
* curari, urare, urari, woorari
Noun
(-)
A plant, , known for the toxin it produces.
A substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine, used historically as a muscle relaxant during surgery.
Related terms
* curariform
* curarisation, curarization