Curare



Curare (also known as arrow poison) is a substance from some South American trees that blocks neuromuscular transmission and thus paralyzes the activity of skeletal muscle. Paralysis of the respiratory muscles is fatal. Today, similar (so-called substances curareform ) substances are used as muscle relaxants during operations to remove muscle tension.

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