brucine

Japanese: brucine
brucine

... The seeds of the pine tree are called vomica, machinshi, or banbokubetsu in herbal medicine. They contain 1.5-5% alkaloids, such as strychnine and brucine. These excite the central nervous system, and poisoning can cause tonic convulsions of the muscles throughout the body, which can even lead to death (the lethal dose is 0.03-0.1g).

*Some of the terminology that mentions "brucine" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… マチンの種子を生薬ではホミカ,馬銭子(まちんし),蕃木鼈(ばんぼくべつ)という。1.5~5%のアルカロイド,ストリキニーネやブルシンbrucineなどを含む。これらは中枢神経を興奮させ,中毒すると全身筋肉の強直性痙攣(けいれん)で,背反して死に至る(致死量は0.03~0.1g)。…

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