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Definition of Picrotoxin
1. n. A bitter white crystalline substance found in the cocculus indicus. It is a peculiar poisonous neurotic and intoxicant, and consists of a mixture of several neutral substances.
Definition of Picrotoxin
1. Noun. (organic compound) A poisonous material, extracted from the seeds of the ''Anamirta cocculus'', used as a stimulant; it is a complex of two alkaloids - picrotoxinin and picrotin ¹
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Definition of Picrotoxin
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Medical Definition of Picrotoxin
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Literary usage of Picrotoxin
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1. Manual of Qualitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius (1897)
"If a picrotoxin solution containing some sodium or potassium hydroxide is mixed
with a solution of potassium cupric tartrate (FEELING'S solution) and it is ..."
2. A Textbook of Pharmacology and Therapeutics: Or, The Action of Drugs in by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1910)
"Hale. Journ. of Pharmacology, i., p. 39. III. picrotoxin. picrotoxin is the basf
... Menispermum cocculus), and is a neutral indifferent body. picrotoxin ..."
3. Laboratory manual for the detection of poisons and powerful drugs by Wilhelm Autenrieth (1921)
"picrotoxin has a very bitter taste. It is not as readily soluble in acids as in pure
... picrotoxin behaves toward strong bases as if it were a weak acid. ..."
4. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1917)
"The pharmacologie group of which picrotoxin U the main representative ...
Symptoms of picrotoxin Poisoning in Mammals.—The effects of convulsive but ..."
5. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1860)
"According to Boullay, picrotoxin unites with acids to form salts, which, ...
Even a very large excess of picrotoxin does not remove the acid reaction from ..."
6. Poisons: Their Effects and Detection by Alexander Wynter Blyth, Meredith Wynter Blyth (1906)
"picrotoxin was discovered in 1820 by Boullay. It is usually prepared by extracting
the berries with bailing alcohol, distilling the alcohol off, ..."
7. The Detection of Poisons and Strong Drugs by Wilhelm Autenrieth (1905)
"This and other acids (for example, lactic acid) may keep otherwise easily
crystallizable substances in a syrupy condition. • picrotoxin. • picrotoxin ..."
8. A Compend of Materia Medica, Therapeutics and Prescription Writing: With by Samuel Otway Lewis Potter (1906)
"Besides picrotoxin, the active principle, the shells of the seeds contain two
... picrotoxin is a cerebro-spinal exaltant, affecting especially the centres ..."
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