Difference between Curare and Tubocurarine
What is the difference between Curare and Tubocurarine?
Curare as a noun is a substance containing the alkaloid d-tubocurarine, used historically as a muscle relaxant during surgery. while Tubocurarine as a noun is a benzylisoquinoline alkaloid, obtained from curare and sometimes used to paralyse patients undergoing anaesthesia.
Curare
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine, used historically as a muscle relaxant during surgery.
Tubocurarine
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A benzylisoquinoline alkaloid, obtained from curare and sometimes used to paralyse patients undergoing anaesthesia.
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