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Brain Nerve
; 75(12): 1331-1333, 2023 Dec.
Artigo
em Japonês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38097223
RESUMO
A Pocket Full of Rye is a full-length novel featured in Agatha Christie's series, "Miss Marple." Taxine, used for murder in this novel, is an alkaloid compound isolated from parts of the yew tree other than the pulp and is based on a diterpene, with a nitrogen element incorporated as a side chain in one of its many skeletal structures. Taxine binds to sodium channels, resulting in unregulated muscle contraction and arrhythmias.