batrachotoxin
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- noun
- /ˌbætrəˈkoʊtɪksɪn/
- NSFW
- Eisner has even found batrachotoxin in a millipede near the Cornell campus in upstate New York, a site far removed from the frogs' South American squatting ground.
- batrachotoxin research
Examples
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Batrachotoxin is a powerful toxin found in certain frogs, which can be used to poison arrows.
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The expedition yielded enough batrachotoxin for years of research, but only by killing the frogs and extracting the toxin from their skins.
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Batrachotoxin research takes flight
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Frog-derived batrachotoxins, although not medicinal candidates themselves, are valuable research tools.
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With batrachotoxins as a research tool, several painkillers and anticonvulsants (which are also used to treat pain) have been developed.
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Before the use of batrachotoxins in biomedical research, sodium channels could be opened in vitro only with sophisticated and expensive electrophysiological equipment.
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Frogs that contain batrachotoxins are unaffected by the deadly compound because they have a form of sodium channel to which the toxin cannot bind.
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Dumbacher's next step will be to return to Papua New Guinea to radiocollar some of the birds and find out what they eat, in the hopes of tracing batrachotoxin to its source.
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Batrachotoxins are valuable tools because they attach to sodium channels—ion gates in cell membranes that play a key role in nerve and muscle activity.
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Neurobiologists use batrachotoxin to study how nerve cells react when sodium channels are affected.
Synonyms
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A poison that damages nerves and can stop movement
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A poison that animals make, for example snake or jellyfish venom
Poison that animals produce, often from snakes or jellyfish
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Morphology
Etymology
Batrachotoxin comes from Greek roots batrachos ('frog') and toxin ('poison'). So the name literally means 'frog poison', which helps you remember it is a very strong poison found in some frogs (and some birds) and even used to poison arrows or darts.