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Strychnos 1990 - 2004 - Crops for the Future

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Bisset, N. G.<br />

War and hunting poisons of <strong>the</strong> new-world .1. Notes on <strong>the</strong> early history of curare<br />

1992<br />

Journal of Ethnopharmacology<br />

36(1): 1-26<br />

Abstract<br />

The history to about 1850 of <strong>the</strong> muscle-relaxant poison curare is discussed, especially <strong>the</strong><br />

developments leading to <strong>the</strong> botanical identification of <strong>the</strong> plants that yield <strong>the</strong> alkaloidal active<br />

principles: Loganiaceae (<strong>Strychnos</strong> species) and Menispermaceae (Abuta. Chondrodendron, and<br />

Curarea species). One of <strong>the</strong> earliest encounters with <strong>the</strong> poison appears to have been during <strong>the</strong><br />

exploration of <strong>the</strong> Lake Maracaibo region in Colombia by Alonso Perez de Tolosa in 1548. It is<br />

pointed out (yet again) that Sir Walter Ralegh did not bring back <strong>the</strong> poison to Europe in 1595 and<br />

that it was Keymis who first came across <strong>the</strong> word ourari when exploring <strong>the</strong> lower reaches of <strong>the</strong><br />

Orinoco in 1596. Gumilla, La Condamine, Ulloa, Veigl, and o<strong>the</strong>rs gave much additional<br />

in<strong>for</strong>mation about <strong>the</strong> poison during <strong>the</strong> 18th century. Scientific studies began in <strong>the</strong> latter part of <strong>the</strong><br />

century when Schreber listed <strong>the</strong> botanical identities of four of <strong>the</strong> plant components entering into<br />

<strong>the</strong> curare prepared by <strong>the</strong> Akawai Indians of Surinam. As far as is known, none of <strong>the</strong>se people<br />

actually saw curare being made. Thereafter, progress was rapid. Humboldt and Bonpland were <strong>the</strong><br />

first trained scientists to witness <strong>the</strong> preparation of <strong>the</strong> poison, at <strong>the</strong> very beginning of <strong>the</strong> 19th<br />

century. Subsequent exploration by Martius and Spix, Poeppig, Youd, <strong>the</strong> Schomburgk bro<strong>the</strong>rs, De<br />

Castelnau and Deville, Spruce, and o<strong>the</strong>rs, up to <strong>the</strong> middle of <strong>the</strong> century, extended and deepened<br />

botanical and ethnological knowledge of curare. Study of its physiology started at about that time<br />

with <strong>the</strong> classical experiments of Rudolf von Koelliker and Claude Bernard.<br />

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Casamitjana N; Gracia J; Bonjoch J; Bosch J<br />

Functionalized 2-azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonanes .16. Studies on <strong>the</strong> syn<strong>the</strong>sis of strych<br />

1992<br />

Tetrahedron Letters<br />

33(15): 2055-2058<br />

Abstract<br />

A stereocontrolled four-step syn<strong>the</strong>sis of polysubstituted functionalized morphans 7 and 8 from <strong>the</strong><br />

3,4-cis piperidine derivative 1 is reported. beta-Keto ester 1 was converted to 4-<br />

(oxopentyl)piperidines 3, and <strong>the</strong>n to <strong>the</strong> 2-cyano derivatives 4 and 5, which were cyclized to <strong>the</strong><br />

t i t l e c o m p o u n d s 7 a n d 8 .

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