| The difference between the R F values of strychnine and brucine is only 0.15-0.18 even under the optimum conditions. |
| In 1867 a Dr Spencer was acquitted of manslaughter after a medication error in which strychnine was dispensed to a patient instead of bismuth. |
| He tested strychnine, thebaine, coramin, caffeine, brucin, absinthe and, finally, camphor dissolved in oil seemed to best meet his needs. |
| Others combined wine with strychnine, a poison used as a stimulant in small amounts. |
| If they were extracting strychnine from the curare vine for poison blowgun darts, he did likewise. |
| For example, potatoes contain solanine, mushrooms have strychnine, apples and apricots have cyanide. |
