Steinmetz:Strychnos

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Strychnos (species)

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Loganiaceae
English Names
  • Curare tree
  • Curara tree
  • Woorare tree
Natural Habitat
  • Brazil
Part(s) Used
  • Curare (extract from bark)
Constituent(s)
  • various toxic alkaloids: kurin
  • kuranin
  • protokurin
  • protokuranin
  • toxiferin
Action
  • toxic; used by South-American natives as an arrow-poison for hunting. - The drug has been employed for tetanus and hydrophobia and is very poisonous on wounds



Strychnos ignatius

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Loganiaceae
English Names
  • St. Ignatius shrub
Natural Habitat
  • Philippines
  • Cochin China
Part(s) Used
  • Semen Ignatii amarae = Fabae Sancti Ignatii = Semen Ignatii (the dried ripe seeds)
Constituent(s)
  • strychnine
  • brucine and other alkaloids
  • starch
  • fatty oil
  • loganin
  • tannin
  • proteids
Action
  • used for the same purpose as nux vomicae; stimulant
  • tonic
  • toxic



Strychnos nux vomica

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Loganiaceae
English Names
  • Nux Vornica tree
  • Poison nut tree
Natural Habitat
  • India (especially Madras and Bengal)
  • Ceylon
  • Thailand
  • Burma
  • Malaya
  • Java
  • Cochin-China
  • Northern Australia
  • Cameroon
Part(s) Used
  • Nuces Vomicae = Semen Strychni
Constituent(s)
  • strychnine
  • brucine
  • vomicine
  • proteids
  • starch
  • cholin
  • phytosterine
  • chlorogenic acid (a pseudo-tannin
  • also known as igasurine or caffeotannic acid)
  • loganin
  • fixed oil
  • sugar
  • mucilage
Action
  • stimulant
  • tonic
  • laxative
  • vasoconstricting
  • toxic; in old times
  • its chief use was for poisoning dogs
  • cats
  • crows and ravens

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