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ANDROMEDOTOXIN

A strongly emetic active principle obtained from different species of Andromeda and Rhododendron (family Ericaceae); it is a cardiac poison, first stimulating and then paralyzing the vagus; it also paralyzes the engine nerve ends in striated muscle.
rascaldom   rascaless   rasceta   rash   rasher   rasion   raskolnik   Rasmussen, Fritz   (1)
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