2007-07-02 18:51:34 · 3 answers · asked by key-na 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Actually, the above poster is incorrect. Curare does not interact with potassium channels, it interacts with acetylcholine receptors. Acetylcholine is a signalling molecule used in transmission of nerve impulses. Curare blocks the acetylcholine receptor so that it cannot receive nerve signals. As a result, the victim cannot move his/her diaphragm, suffocates, and dies.
But, no I don't think curare is absorbed through the stomach. At any rate, if it killed the primitives that used to hunt, I think they would have stopped using it.
2007-07-03 03:35:27 · answer #1 · answered by al_ju_2000 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Also, the curare binds irreversably to the potassium channels of the animal. The curare deactivates the animal's potassium channels and can do no more harm once a human ingests the flesh.
2007-07-02 19:37:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.Curare is injected by primitive humans through an arrow. It was digested and destroyed in stomach.
2007-07-02 19:26:32 · answer #3 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋