STRYCHNINE

strĭkˈnĭn, bitter alkaloid drug derived from the seeds of a tree, Strychnos nux-vomica, native to Sri Lanka, Australia, and India. It has been used as a rat poison for five centuries, and rat biscuits still remain a cause of accidental poisoning in humans. Strychnine is a potent stimulant of the spinal cord; it also increases the secretion of gastric juices and heightens sensory awareness. Strychnine poisoning is characterized by violent convulsions. It is treated by keeping the victim absolutely quiet and administering barbiturate sedatives and artificial respiration. See first aid.

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books on: Strychnine  - 859 results

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A Handbook of General Experimental Psychology
Book by Carl Murchison; Clark University Press, 1934
Subjects: Psychophysiology
...0.01- or 0.005-per-cent strychnine solution was applied to the retina. After the application of the strychnine the exposures were made as before...DESIGNATED A, B, C, AND D Area Before strychnine Latent period After strychnine 0...
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Oscillations in Neural Systems
Book by Daniel S. Levine; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2000
Subjects: Neural Computers, Neural Networks (Computer Science)
...glycine receptors with bicuculline and strychnine, respectively generates nearly periodic...and duration after the addition of 5 m strychnine. Figure 1.6 B demonstrates that the...state, in the continued presence of strychnine, lasts for a long period of time...
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Cerebral Mechanisms in Behavior the Hixon Symposium
Book by Lloyd A. Jeffress; Hafner, 1967
Subjects: Psychophysiology--Congresses
be uncovered by strychnine which are not accessible in unpoisoned...found that by local application of strychnine to the spinal cord a byperalgesia...made patent after the application of strychnine. Obviously, this hyperalgesia is...
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The Poison Paradox: Chemicals as Friends and Foes
Book by John Timbrell; Oxford University Press, 2005
Subjects: Poisons, Poisons--Physiological Effect, Toxicology
...minutes .5 The easy availability of strychnine has led to some fatalities; about 50...for this purpose in some countries. Strychnine has also been used in medicines, originally...syrup and tablets, which contained strychnine along with quinine, have featured in...
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Handbook of Learning and Cognitive Processes: Attention and Memory - Vol. 4
Book by W. K. Estes; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1976
Subjects: Attention, Memory
...showing a facilitory influence of strychnine on retention which decreased as...between memory acquisition and strychnine injection lengthened. Gordon...treatment was presented prior to strychnine injections; in the other, the...
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journal articles on: Strychnine  - 76 results

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The Health and Safety Concerns of Common Insecticides
Journal article by Christopher R. Geiger; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 55, 1993
Subjects: Carbamates--Health aspects, Insecticides--Environmental aspects, Nicotine--Health aspects, Organic chlorine compounds--Health aspects, Organic phosphorus compounds--Health aspects, Organochlorine compounds--Health aspects, Organophosphorus compounds--Health aspects, Pyrethrum (Insecticide)--Health aspects, Pyrethrum--Health aspects, Strychnine--Health aspects
...beverage container or because of suicide (37). Strychnine Strychnine, another alkaloid, is found in the plant species strychnos nox vomica. The acute toxicity of strychnine is similar to nicotine and the more potent OP insecticides...
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The Take Prohibition in Section 9 of the Endangered Species Act: Contradictions, Ugly Ducklings, and Conservation of Species
Journal article by Federico Cheever, Michael Balster; Environmental Law, Vol. 34, 2004
Subjects: Endangered Species Act of 1973--16 U.S.C. 1538(a)(1)(B)-(C), Endangered species--Laws, regulations and rules, Habitat (Ecology)--Protection and preservation, Habitats--Protection and preservation, Legislative power--Laws, regulations and rules, Regulatory taking (Law)--Laws, regulations and rules
...ground use of a variety of pesticides containing strychnine or strychnine sulfate. (179) As early as 1979, FWS had identified...7 of the ESA by continued above-ground use of strychnine. (180) Yet above-ground use of strychnine...
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Toxicology for Nonscience Majors Using TV
Journal article by Dominick A. Labianca; College Teaching, Vol. 39, 1991
Subjects: College Teaching
...made this plea in connection with the strychnine-induced death of the operator of two...Wrights cold medicine had been laced with strychnine that "was in a pure powdered form...in the United States for this form of strychnine, and all sales are strictly regulated...
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The Endangered Species Act: Impact of Section 9 on Private Landowners
Journal article by Albert Gidari; Environmental Law, Vol. 24, 1994
Subjects: Endangered Species Act of 1973--16 U.S.C. 1538, Endangered species--Laws, regulations, etc., Regulatory taking (Law)--Laws, regulations, etc., Sweet Home Chapter of Communities for a Great Oregon v. Turner--No. 91-2218 (D.D.C. Feb. 27, 1992), Wildlife conservation--Laws, regulations, etc.
...the EPA authorization of the use of strychnine, including the FWS determination as...endangered species have died from secondary strychnine poisoning,"(331) a poison that...registration of pesticides containing strychnine,(334) holding: First, the record...
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Defenders of Wildlife V. EPA: Testing the Boundaries of Federal Agency Power under the ESA
Journal article by Sherry L. Bosse; Environmental Law, Vol. 36, 2006
Subjects: Administrative discretion--Laws, regulations and rules, Administrative procedure--Laws, regulations and rules, Defenders of Wildlife v. EPA--420 F.3d 946 (9th Cir. 2005), Endangered Species Act of 1973, Endangered species--Protection and preservation, United States. Environmental Protection Agency--Powers and duties
...intent to cancel the use of the pesticide strychnine on certain rodents. The notice followed...study, indicating that continued use of strychnine was likely to cause jeopardy to several...consultation with FWS over the effects of strychnine on black-footed ferrets (Mustela...
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magazine articles on: Strychnine  - 62 results

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A History of Strychnine
Magazine article by Richard Whittington-Egan; Contemporary Review, Vol. 290, Autumn 2008
Subjects: Bitter Nemesis: The Intimate History of Strychnine (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
A History of Strychnine. by Richard Whittington-Egan Bitter Nemesis: The Intimate History of Strychnine. John Buckingham. CRC Press. pounds...were more than ready to believe that strychnine, a vegetable alkaloid, presenting as...
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Poison and the Victorian Imagination
Magazine article by Ian Burmey; History Today, Vol. 58, March 2008
Subjects: British history, Palmer, William--Cases, Physicians--Cases, Poisoning--Cases, Toxicology--Methods
...I am innocent of poisoning Cook by strychnine. With these words the doctor William...carefully calibrated, minute doses of strychnine to poison without a trace. Yet his...of the case against him, for though strychnine was named as the poison that had killed...
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The Case of Julius Goebel: Stanford, 1905
Magazine article by W.B. Carnochan; American Scholar, Vol. 72, Summer 2003
Subjects: Universities and colleges--History
...later he reported that it had contained strychnine. Deeply disturbed, Mrs. Stanford...concluded that she had died of poisoning, strychnine having been put in her bicarbonate...quickly found a physician who stated that strychnine could not have been the cause of death...
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New Drugs of 1993: Part 1
Magazine article by Ronald F. Borne, Michael C. Vinson; Drug Topics, Vol. 138, February 7, 1994
Subjects: Alcon Laboratories Inc, Carter-Wallace Inc, Continuing education, Forest Laboratories Inc, Manycompanies, Manyproducts, Ortho Biotech Inc, Pharmacists, Prescription drugs, Product introduction, Schering-Plough Corp, Statistical data, United States
...several binding sites, including a strychnine-insensitive glycine binding site...seizures through interaction with the strychnine-insensitive receptor site on the NMDA...electroshock but is ineffective against strychnine-induced seizures. Multicenter monotherapy...
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Grey Seals
Magazine article by Robert A. Lambert; History Today, Vol. 51, June 2001
Subjects: Environmental protection--United Kingdom, Grey Seal (Protection) Act, 1914, Seals (Animals)--Environmental aspects
...during the inter-war years, and strychnine was widely used against seals...were relaxed to allow licensed strychnine use, with fishermen being allowed to obtain 4oz to combat seals. The strychnine files held in the National Archives...
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newspaper articles on: Strychnine  - 135 results

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Strychnine Victim Boasted of Taking Ice before Death; but Autopsy Finds No Ice in Clifford's Body
Newspaper article; The Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Australia), December 1, 2009
Subjects: Ice
Strychnine Victim Boasted of Taking Ice before...Its alleged Mr Clifford was killed by strychnine, a poison often used to kill rats...Finlay said Stritzke showed the bag of strychnine and warned it could be deadly. "Myles...
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Prisoner Died after Digesting Sleep Pill Laced with Strychnine
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 26, 2009
...after Digesting Sleep Pill Laced with Strychnine. Byline: Georgina OHalloran A PRISONER...capsules laced with the deadly poison strychnine. Anthony Kelly, aged 20, consumed...Michael Smyth said an unknown person put strychnine into the Dalmane (flurazepam) capsules...
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Killer Wanted: Apply to Tourist Attraction; Strychnine Plant Sought for Gardens
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), February 24, 2010
...Wanted: Apply to Tourist Attraction; Strychnine Plant Sought for Gardens. Byline...Vomica - more commonly known as the strychnine plant - to place in its Poison Garden...Agatha Christies Poirot may believe that strychnine plants are relatively common Alison...
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POISONED DRUGS KILLED PRISONER; Kelly, 20, Ate Strychnine Capsules by Mistake
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), August 26, 2009
Subjects: Prisoners--Casualties
...DRUGS KILLED PRISONER; Kelly, 20, Ate Strychnine Capsules by Mistake. Byline: GEORGINA...and the cause was attributed to eating strychnine which had been deliberately put into...Court heard a third party introduced strychnine into the dalmane - flurazepam - capsules...
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Flames of Anguish; Autopsy to Determine Whether Dogs Were Baited with Strychnine
Newspaper article; Fraser Coast Chronicle (Hervey Bay, Australia), August 25, 2010
Subjects: Dogs
...Determine Whether Dogs Were Baited with Strychnine. POLICE have been called in to investigate...thought the dogs may have been baited with strychnine. The owner of the dogs, Darryl Stewart...carcasses if theres any chance theres strychnine in them,a Mr Stewart said. aThe poison...
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encyclopedia articles on: Strychnine  - 12 results

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Strychnine
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
STRYCHNINE strik nin, bitter alkaloid drug derived...of accidental poisoning in humans. Strychnine is a potent stimulant of the spinal...juices and heightens sensory awareness. Strychnine poisoning is characterized by violent...
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Woodward, Robert Burns
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of such organic chemical compounds as penicillin (1945), strychnine (1947), terramycin (1952), and aureomycin (1952...patulin (1950), cholesterol (1951), cortisone (1951), strychnine, lysergic acid, lanosterol (1954), reserpine (1956...
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Brucine
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BRUCINE broo sen, alkaloid similar to strychnine . See nux vomica . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Alkaloid
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...for the relief of pain and cocaine as a local anesthetic. Other common alkaloids include quinine , caffeine , nicotine , strychnine , serotonin , and LSD . Aconitine is the alkaloid of aconite . Cinchonine and quinine are derived from cinchona , coniine...
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Stimulant
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...anesthesia or to counteract barbiturate poisoning. Ammonia, in smelling salts, is also a medullary stimulant; the alkaloid strychnine is a spinal-cord stimulant. Other substances act mainly on the autonomic nervous system. Drugs that stimulate the parasympathetic...
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