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Species of plant
Physostigma venenosum, the Calabar bean or ordeal bean, is a species of leguminous plant in the family Fabaceae, endemic to tropical Africa, with a seed
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Genus of plants
Physostigma laxius Merxm. Physostigma mesoponticum Taub. Physostigma venenosum Balf. "Physostigma Balf". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal
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Medieval judicial practice to determine guilt through a life-threatening experience
present-day Nigeria, would administer the poisonous Calabar bean (Physostigma venenosum, known as esere in Efik), which contains physostigmine, in an attempt
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however, and many wild animals are adapted to eating its fruit. Physostigma venenosum calabar beans, ordeal beans Fabaceae The toxin in the seeds is the
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Class of alkaloids
which contains harmane, harmine and harmaline, and Calabar bean (Physostigma venenosum) containing physostigmine. Some members of the family Convolvulaceae
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American research chemist (1899–1975)
bean. Julian also extracted stigmasterol, which took its name from Physostigma venenosum, the west African calabar bean that he hoped could serve as raw
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Class of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors
acetylcholinesterase inhibitor isolated from the Calabar bean (Physostigma venenosum). Later synthetic and semisynthetic acetylcholinesterase inhibitors
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Scottish ophthalmologist (1837–1909)
the eye made by physostigmine, an extract from the Calabar bean (Physostigma venenosum), which is found in tropical Africa. Robert Christison, Professor
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British physician and pharmacologist
journal, 1872 On The Physiological Action Of The Calabar Bean, Physostigma Venenosum Balf.; Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, XXIV, 1867
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Scottish missionary and explorer
Calabar such as the murder of twin babies and the poison-bean (Physostigma venenosum) ordeal. Ross set-about learning the Efik language and deputised
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Botanical garden in Cameroon
Annickia chlorantha, Eremomastax speciosa [fr], Bryophyllum spp. and Physostigma venenosum. The botanical garden also houses a herbarium which held around
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inaequalis Caryodaphnopsis tomentosa Caryodaphnopsis tonkinensis Chlorocardium venenosum Cinnamomum altissimum Cinnamomum appelianum Cinnamomum archboldianum Cinnamomum
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Hindu
Holy place, Sacred water, Place of pilgrimage
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Greek, Indian, Parsi
Goddess of Health; Fireside
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Hindu, Indian, Latin
Small
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English
Irish surname transferred to unisex forename use in honor of the assassinated American president John F. Kennedy, derived from an Anglicized form of Gaelic Cinnéidigh, KENNEDY means "ugly head."
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Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Telugu, Traditional
Goddess Saraswati
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Sturdy like metal, Lord Hanuman
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Polish
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Indian, Sikh
Beautiful
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Finnish
Finnish form of Latin Cæcilia, SILJA means "blind."Â
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French, German, Latin, Spanish
Strong; Firm
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n.
An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean, and the seed of Physostigma venenosum; physostigmine. It is used in ophthalmic surgery for its effect in contracting the pupil.
n.
An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean (the seed of Physostigma venenosum), and extracted as a white, tasteless, substance, amorphous or crystalline; -- formerly called eserine, with which it was regarded as identical.