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What does tubocurarine mean?

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Noun
  1. (biochemistry) A benzylisoquinoline alkaloid, obtained from curare and sometimes used to paralyse patients undergoing anaesthesia.
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Not all voluntary muscles are equally sensitive to tubocurarine, and fortunately the respiratory muscles are the most spared.
Examples include the analgesics morphine and codeine, the antibiotic sanguinarine, the gout suppressant colchicine, and the muscle relaxant tubocurarine.
The pH of tubocurarine chloride injection did not change appreciably during the 90-day study period.

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