tubocurarine

Definition of Tubocurarine in English :

1. curare, tubocurarine

a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles

Example Sentences:
'curare acts by blocking cholinergic transmission at the myoneural junction'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Tubocurarine

noun

a toxic alkaloid obtained from the stem of a S American vine. Formula: C37H42Cl2N2O6

n.

1. An alkaloid that is an active component of curare obtained from the plant Chondrodendron tomentosum.

2. The hydrated chloride form of this alkaloid, C₃₈H₄₄Cl₂N₂O₆, used as a drug to relax skeletal muscles during anesthesia.