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Dauricine is a calcium channel blocker

Calcium channel blocker

A calcium channel blocker is a chemical that disrupts the movement of calcium through calcium channels.CCB drugs devised to target neurons are used as antiepileptics. However, the most widespread clinical usage of calcium channel blockers is to decrease blood pressure in patients with...

. It is the main toxin that makes the North American vine Menispermum canadense (moonseed) poisonous (often fatally so).

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