other arrow poisons

Question 1

curare

Answer 1

induce muscle paralysis

Question 2

strychine

Answer 2

muscle convulsants (incontrolable moving)

Question 3

majority of plant based poisons are

Answer 3

highly toxic cardiac arresting drugs

Question 4

species of aconite and monkshood

Answer 4

arrow poisons in southeast asia, china, india, europe

Question 5

indigenous groups of the aleutian and kodiak islands of alaska

Answer 5

used aconite on spear and harpoon points to hunt whales and other aquatic mammals

Question 6

monkshood

Answer 6

contain neurotoxin aconitine, highly poisonous alkaloid that induces resp. paralysis and cardiac arrest causing death

Question 7

upas tree

Answer 7

highly toxic latex
-rapidly growing 25-40m
member of the mulberry
-hunting and warefare in china and southeast asia

Question 8

upas latex

Answer 8

occurs in bark and foliage

contains number of poisonous cardenolide glycosides: antiarin

Question 9

cardenolide glycosides

Answer 9

are strongly cardiac arresting

Question 10

genera naucleopsis and maquira

Answer 10

amazonian rainforest

produce an arrow poison latex that is biochemically similar to upas latex

Question 11

dogbane family

Answer 11

genera strophanthus and acokanthera, produce latex exudates rich in cardiac arresting cardenolide glycosides
-used in africa

Question 12

another african arrow poison

Answer 12

calotropis procera also contain cardenolide

Question 13

20th century a number of arrow poison cardiac glycosides were investigated for their clinical potential in treating congestive heart failure

Question 14

some cardenolides have been investigated for

Answer 14

their potential in treating inflammatory diseases and possible anti cancer agents

Question 15

latex extracts of calotropis procera

Answer 15

have been shown to reduce sensitivity to painful stimuli ;

independent of the opioid system that is targets by analgesic opiates

Question 16

strychnos usambarenisis

Answer 16

muscle paralysis
other members of strychonos: contain powerful convulsant alkaloids (strychnine and brucine) that induce uncontrolled spasmodic muscle contractions and convulsions

Question 17

strychnine based arrow poisons

Answer 17

from seed of strychnos nux-vomica ad s ignatii
SE asia and india
-homicide poison 19th century europe