(n.) A black resinoid extract prepared by the South American Indians from the bark of several species of Strychnos (S. toxifera, etc.). It sometimes has little effect when taken internally, but is quickly fatal when introduced into the blood, and used by the Indians as an arrow poison.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is a curary-like "short" toxin (61 amino-acid residues, 8 half cystine).
(2) The second and the third fractions belong to the serological group III, i.e., to the group of "long curary-like toxins" (71 amino-acids residues, 10 half cystines).