Plant Stimulants: Amphetamines and Convulsants-Convulsants

Question 1

Strychnine or Nux-Vomica

BOTANICAL INFORMATION:

Answer 1

• Tree, leaves
• Asia and Australia
• Same genus as South American curare

Question 2

Strychnine or Nux-Vomica

PLANT UTILIZATION:

Answer 2

• Muscle convulsant
• Alkaloid-Strychnine
  
  • Seeds, bark, and whole fruit
  • Poisonous-homicide poison and arrow poison
  • Agitation, uncontrolled muscle spasms, convulsions, collapse of vital organ function, death
• Nervous system stimulant at low doses
• Cure for fever and snakebites, stimulate the gastrointestinal tract, improve blood circulation, nervous conditions
• Overdoses of depressants, prevents the failure of vital organ function
• Short and long-term memory, learning ability, analgesic, anti-malarial agents