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Curare vs Toxiferine - What's the difference?

curare | toxiferine |

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

English

(wikipedia 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.
  • toxiferine

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia toxiferine)
  • A curare toxin and nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist.