Author: Krishnaswamy N.
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
ISSN: 0971-8044
Source: Resonance, Vol.18, Iss.3, 2013-03, pp. : 218-225
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Abstract
European explorers of the New World brought back to Europe exotic specimens of plant and animal origin. One of these was curare, the arrow poison used by the natives of the Orinoco and the Amazon river basins mainly to capture birds and animals for food. Three types of curare were known, namely tubocurare, calabash curare and pot curare. The main plant component of tubocurare was identified as the Menispermaceae plant
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