Steinmetz:Strychnos

General Index (総索引)

Medicinal Effect (薬効一覧)

Strychnos (species)

Also known as (or relevant to) Strychnos (species) 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) Strychnos ignatius Strychnos philippensis 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) Strychnos nux vomica 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

Links

• Information in Von Esenbeck's book