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Definition of "tubocurarine" []

  • An alkaloid that is the active component of curare. (noun)
  • The chloride of this alkaloid, C38H44Cl2N2O6, used as a muscle relaxant. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "tubocurarine" in a sentence
  • "For example, the alkaloid D - tubocurarine, extracted from a liane, Chondradendron tomentosum, is widely used as a muscle relaxant in surgery."
  • "'Clearance approaches in phar - macodynamics: application to D-tubocurarine'."
  • "The drug effects were not "like curing like" in homeopathic terms, but adjuncts to the curative surgery. tubocurarine, took a long time to clear after surgery, and new, shorter agents such as rocuronium are used so that the patient can recover faster from the effects of either natural preparations, or drugs used with limited knowledge of the structure-activity relationships between their molecular structure and the appropriate cellular receptors."