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there have been observed a glittering appearance just outside the field of distinct vision, and also black and gray
points floating before the eyes.
Other Species in this Family
Strychnos tieute, a clumbing shrub growing in Java, gives a juice termed Upas tieute, said to be used by the
natives as an arrow poison; it produces death by violent convulsions, the heart stopping before respiration. S.
toxifera yields the deadly poison Curare (Woorari or Urari) used by the natives of British Guiana. S. ligustrina, the
wood of which contains brucine, as does the bark.
S. pseudo is found in the mountains and forests of India. It supplies the seeds known as clearing nuts. The
fruit is black, the size of a cherry, containing only one seed; fruit and seeds are used medicinally in India and also to
clear muddy water, the seeds being rubbed for a minute inside the vessel and the water then allowed to settle;
their efficiency depending on their albumen and casein contents acting as a fining agent similar to those employed
to clarify wine and beer. S innocua, the fruit and pulp are harmless and are eaten by the natives of Egypt and
Senegal. S Ignatii is found in the Philippines, the seeds containing strychnine and brucine, strychnine being present
in greater quantity than in Nux Vomica. A tincture made from the beans is official in the British Pharmacopoeia
Codex.
CONCLUSION
Based on the complete study and results, it proves that STRYCHNOS NUX-VOMICA plant root have Anti diabetic
activity and other studies were under progress.
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