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The chettik (Strychnos Tieute), is a tree of Java, yielding a very virulent poison called by the same name, more powerful than that obtained from the upas-tree, and owing its virulence to the strychnine it contains.
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Strychnos nux vomica is a tree of the genus Strychnos. Its nuts contain strychnine.
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Easton's Syrup was a thick syrup containing phosphates of iron, quinine and strychnine administered oraly as a nervine and general tonic in cases of anaemia.
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Strychnine is a white, odourless, crystalline powder, almost insoluble in water, with an intensely bitter taste. It is a poisonous alkaloid obtained from the dried seeds of nux vomica and other species of Strychnos. In small does it is administered as a heart stimulant. In toxic doses strychnine causes convulsions which are interspersed with periods of relaxation, which gradually reduce until the convulsions are almost continuous, and contraction of the chest muscles prevents breathing and causes death.
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Brucine (dimethoxy-strychnine) is an alkaloid present in nux vomica and St Ignatius' bean. It is a colourless crystalline solid, with a very bitter taste and similar properties to strychnine but it is less poisonous and gives a red colour with nitric acid.
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Thebaine is a naturally occurring non-addictive, non-narcotic alkaloid contained in opium. It is coloured red by concentrated sulphuric acid and is very poisonous, causing severe convulsions by its action on the spinal cord and generally resembling strychnine in its results. However, it can also be used to produce codeine and other pain killers, and is very difficult to derive morphine (from which opium is produced) from it.
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Zay is slang for a blunt with strychnine or rat poison.
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