Curare: The flying death

Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 154-155

  Nedergaard, Ove A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURARE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; PENTETRAZOLE; POISON; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONVULSIVE THERAPY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG USE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INDIAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CURARE; ETHNOBOTANY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0037395496     PISSN: 09019928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0773.2003.920402.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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