ABSTRACT
Curare is a South American arrow poison causing muscular relaxation and used in anesthesiolog
y. Curare, Woorara, is a vegetable extract obtained from various members of the
Strychnos family
, also from
Paullinia curare
and other plants. It is used in South America as an arrow poison under the names
Caroval
and
Vao
. Its active principle is the very poisonous alkaloid
Curarine,
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