Strychnine

Properties Strychnine is an alkaloid obtained from the seeds of Strychnos or Loganiaceae: Strychnos nux vomica Linnaeus Strychnos ignatii. It is a colourless, crystalline powder and it has a bitter, metallic taste when dissolved in water, however it is odourless.

More Pages on Strychnine

• Origin - The Strychnine Tree
  
• Effects - Symptoms and Effects, etc
  
• History - Discovery
  
• Symptoms - Strychnine Poisoning
  

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[This page was written by Gareth Greeves as an undergraduate web project at the School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, June 2006]