Strychnine Nitrate is a highly toxic, colorless, bitter, crystalline alkaloid.The toxicity of strychnine nitrate is similar to that of strychnine alone.
Strychnine nitrate is a chemical compound that is made up of strychnine and nitric acid. It is used as a pesticide, particularly for killing small vertebrates such as birds and rodents.
Strychnine is is an poisonous alkaloid extract obtained
from the dried ripe seeds of Strychnos nux vomica, a
small tree of the East Indies. It is obtained as a white
crystalline substance, having a very bitter acrid taste,
and is used in research as a powerful neurostimulant.
