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Curare alkaloids are the active ingredients of arrow poisons used by South American Indians.
Alkaloids that have muscle relaxant properties because they block motor end plate transmission, acting as competitive antagonists for acetylcholine.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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