Strychnine

Introduction: Strychnine

Description of Strychnine

Strychnine: An alkaloid from Strychnos nux-vomica; colorless crystals of intensely bitter taste, nearly insoluble in water. It stimulates all parts of the CNS, and was used as a stomachic, an antidote for depressant poisons, and in the treatment of myocarditis. Strychnine blocks the inhibitory neurotransmitter glycine, and thus can cause convulsions. The formerly used salts of strychnine are strychnine hydrochloride, strychnine phosphate, and strychnine sulfate. It is a potent chemical capable of producing acute or chronic poisoning of humans or animals.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Strychnine: Strychnidin-10-one. A poisonous alkaloid isolated from the seeds of the genus Strychnos.
Source: Diseases Database

Strychnine: extremely poisonous alkaloid which causes excitation of the central nervous system by blocking postsynaptic inhibition of neural impulses.
Source: CRISP

Strychnine: An alkaloid found in the seeds of STRYCHNOS NUX-VOMICA. It is a competitive antagonist at glycine receptors and thus a convulsant. It has been used as an analeptic, in the treatment of nonketotic hyperglycinemia and sleep apnea, and as a rat poison.
Source: MeSH 2007

Terms associated with Strychnine:

Broader terms for Strychnine

• Secologanin Tryptamine Alkaloids

Source - MeSH 2007

• alkaloid
• carbazole
• convulsant
• plant poison

Source - CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Strychnine

The following list attempts to classify Strychnine into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Heterocyclic Compounds
  • Alkaloids
    • Indole Alkaloids
      • Secologanin Tryptamine Alkaloids
        • Strychnine

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Heterocyclic Compounds
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 2-Ring
    • Indoles
      • Indole Alkaloids
        • Secologanin Tryptamine Alkaloids
          • Strychnine

External links related to: Strychnine

• Strychnine (CASRN 57-24-9), IRIS, Environmental Protection Agency
• Strychnine (PIM 507)

Source: Diseases Database

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