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Curare is considered a poison because in the dosage in which it's frequently encountered, introduction into the blood stream will often cause dramatic results that are harmful to the subject.
Note that in its traditional use (before it made its ways into anesthesiology), it was used to bring down very small animals for food, so the comparative effective dosage was quite tiny.
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Curare is a paralyzing poison that functions as what?
It functions as an Acetylcholine antagonists. Acetylcholine was the first neurotransmitter to be discovered. A nicotinic antagonist inhibits Acetylcholine's receptors.
Where does curare come from?
Curare grows in the South American rainforest as a large vine in the canopy. Some Indians of South America use it as part of a poisonous mixture, called "ampi" or "curare," that they put on the tip of their arrows and darts to hunt wild game.
Why does curare need animals to survive?
cause
How do people poison insects?
poison
What is the use of poison hemlok?
Ancient Romans and Greeks used poison hemlock to poison their arrows.
Which poison is dangerous to human being?
There are many things that are poisonous to humans. Curare is one. Botulism is another.
Poem on topic utility of plants?
Plants are useful for many things. Some plants give us medicine. Other plants supply us with poison So that we can get rid of our teachers. Curare for example was developed By South American indigenous people From the foliage of the Calebas. Macusi Indians graded their Curare As One Tree Curare, Two Tree Curare ... and so on. To show how many trees a monkey could jump Before the Curare caused him to stop breathing. We would call our Curare One Lesson Curare, Two Lesson Curare .... and so on. Do teachers breathe?
It is used as an arrow poison in South America?
In fact they are called poison dart frogs -touching their skin allows their bodily fluids to absorb into you through your skin -then you die from it! -It IS for real and the natives use it for hunting by rubbing their blowgun dart tips against the frog immediately before using the arrow.Also curare from the curare plant.
Why would a lethal dose of Curare would result in death of an individual?
Um... because that's the definition of lethal? The word means a dose that will kill you.
What type of Poison's used in hunting are harmful to game animals but not to humans after meat is cooked properly?
With the exception of a few rain forest aborginals, who use a form of curare, it is illegal to hunt with poison in most of the world.
Is this how do you spell cureare?
The poison is curare. The French priest is Cure, accent grave over the e. Letter carrier is courier. Please pick one.
What eats the plant curare?
No animal eats the plant curare. This is because the plant curare is toxic. The plant is poisonous and therefore is not consumed by animals.
Curare is a paralyzing poison that functions as what?
It functions as an Acetylcholine antagonists. Acetylcholine was the first neurotransmitter to be discovered. A nicotinic antagonist inhibits Acetylcholine's receptors.
Poison is extracted from these animals by Indians in Central and South America to use on arrowheads?
Yes, Also that is why I think that they have a part of the species named the poison dart frog
Why may the curare-like drug affect respirations?
CURARE PARAlYSES MUSCELS
How do animals use curare to survive?
Doctors use curare to help keep animals alive during surgeries. The curare helps to keep the animals respiratory systems going during surgery.
Who discovered curare?
the senate
