Neuromuscular blockers

thumb|Chondrodendron tomentosum, the main source of 'tube curare' and principal source of [[D-tubocurarine (DTC), the alkaloid constituting medicinal curare]] thumb|Strychnos toxifera, the [[Strychnos species which is the principal source of 'calabash curare' and its main active constituent, the alkaloid toxiferine]]

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aminosteroid muscle relaxant

muscle relaxant used intravenously for medical use in general anesthesia

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Smooth muscle relaxant are the drugs that reduces the tone of smooth muscles

Decamethonium (Syncurine) is a depolarizing muscle relaxant or neuromuscular blocking agent, and is used in anesthesia to induce paralysis.

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Toxiferine, also known as c-toxiferine I, is one of the most toxic plant alkaloids known. It is derived from several plant species, including Strychnos toxifera. Historically, it has been used as an arrow poison by indigenous peoples in South America for its neuromuscular blocking properties, allowing them to paralyze animals during hunting, but also possibly kill due to paralysis of the respiratory muscles. Toxiferine functions as an acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antagonist. The paralysis caused by toxiferine can in turn be antagonized by neostigmine.

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