Curare Is a Plant Based Poison Which Is Used by South

Multiple Choice

Curare is a plant based poison which is used by South American indigenous people as a toxin for hunting, the prey once shot by a dart coated with the toxin asphyxiate due to relaxation of skeletal muscles. Curare has also found use as a surgical anesthetic, again for its property of relaxing skeletal muscle. Which of the following is a possible mechanism for how curare could work?

A) curare inhibits acetylcholinesterase
B) curare activates ryanodine receptors
C) curare blocks sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca²⁺ ATPase pumps
D) curare blocks nicotinic acetylcholine receptors