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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 STRYCHNINE

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Chemid
STRYCHNINE
A list of known dosages for STRYCHNINE
Dosage*Reference
LDlo=20 mg/orl/chd Martindale's 28th
LD50=O.96 (ivn rat) *
LD50=16 (orl rat) *
Ubiquitous
No

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Plant Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
Argyreia nervosa Plant -- -- -- *
Strychnos nux-vomica Bark -- 15800.0 -- *
Strychnos nux-vomica Leaf -- 8000.0 -- *
Strychnos nux-vomica Root -- 7030.0 -- *
Strychnos nux-vomica Seed 400.0 12000.0 -- *
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.