strychnine lietuviškai

Paaiškinimas anglų kalba

• an alkaloid plant toxin extracted chiefly from nux vomica; formerly used as a stimulant
• 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.