Toxiferine
Encyclopedia
Toxiferine is a curare
toxin
. It is a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
antagonist
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Curare
Curare is a common name for various arrow poisons originating from South America. The three main types of curare are:* tubocurare...
toxin
Toxin
A toxin is a poisonous substance produced within living cells or organisms; man-made substances created by artificial processes are thus excluded...
. It is a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, or nAChRs, are cholinergic receptors that form ligand-gated ion channels in the plasma membranes of certain neurons and on the postsynaptic side of the neuromuscular junction...
antagonist
Nicotinic antagonist
A nicotinic antagonist is a type of anticholinergic that inhibits the action at nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. These compounds are mainly used for peripheral muscle paralysis in surgery, but some centrally acting compounds such as bupropion, mecamylamine, and 18-methoxycoronaridine block...
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