| 1. | The probable fatal dose of brucine in adults is 1 g.
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| 2. | Brucine can be detected and quantified using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.
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| 3. | However, the tree's bark also contains brucine and other poisonous compounds.
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| 4. | Brucine is not as poisonous as strychnine.
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| 5. | Today, pure brucine intoxication occurs very rarely, since it is usually ingested with strychnine.
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| 6. | Symptoms of brucine intoxication include muscle spasms, convulsions, rhabdomyolysis, and acute renal failure.
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| 7. | Brucine also binds to these receptors, but its binding does not trigger an influx of chloride ions.
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| 8. | Brucine is one of the many chemicals used as a denaturant to make alcohol unfit for human consumption.
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| 9. | Brucine poisoning is rare, since it is usually ingested with strychnine, and strychnine is more toxic than brucine.
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| 10. | Brucine poisoning is rare, since it is usually ingested with strychnine, and strychnine is more toxic than brucine.
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