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Curare vs Tubocurarine - What's the difference?

curare | tubocurarine |

As a verb curare

is .

As a noun tubocurarine is

(biochemistry) a benzylisoquinoline alkaloid, obtained from curare and sometimes used to paralyse patients undergoing anaesthesia.

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.

    • Related terms

    * curariform * curarisation, curarization

    tubocurarine

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun) (wikipedia tubocurarine)
  • (biochemistry) A benzylisoquinoline alkaloid, obtained from curare and sometimes used to paralyse patients undergoing anaesthesia.

    • Related terms

    * tubocurare