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Picrotoxin, also known as cocculin, is a poisonous crystalline plant compound. It was first isolated by the French pharmacist and chemist Pierre François Guillaume Boullay (1777–1869) in 1812. [1] The name "picrotoxin" is a combination of the Greek words "picros" (bitter) and "toxicon" (poison). [2]
Its fruit is the source of picrotoxin, a poisonous compound with stimulant properties. The plant is large-stemmed (up to 10 cm in diameter); the bark is "corky gray" with white wood. The "small, yellowish-white, sweet-scented" flowers vary between 6 and 10 millimeters across; the fruit produced is a drupe , "about 1 cm in diameter when dry".
Tutin is a poisonous plant derivative found in New Zealand tutu plants (several species in the genus Coriaria). It acts as a potent antagonist of the glycine receptor, [1] and has powerful convulsant effects. [2] It is used in scientific research into the glycine receptor.
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The plant generally gets more toxic with maturity, with the exception of the berries (which have significant toxicity even while green). [171] Pieris japonica: Japanese pieris Ericaceae: The plant is poisonous if consumed by people or animals. [172] Plumeria spp. frangipani Apocynaceae: Contact with the milky latex may irritate eyes and skin ...
a plant in the subfamily Aroideae of family Araceae called taja; at least three members of the genus Artanthe of family Piperaceae; Paullinia cururu in the family Sapindaceae [34] Some plants in the family Aristolochiaceae have also been reported as sources. Alkaloids with curare-like activity are present in plants of the fabaceous genus ...
Coriamyrtin can be found in Scurrula parasitica, [2] Coriaria microphylla, [3] and certain other plants. Toxicity. Coriamyrtin is a convulsant. [4]
Bicuculline is a phthalide-isoquinoline compound that is a light-sensitive competitive antagonist of GABA A receptors. [1] It was originally identified in 1932 in plant alkaloid extracts [2] and has been isolated from Dicentra cucullaria, Adlumia fungosa, and several Corydalis species (all in subfamily Fumarioideae, previously known as family Fumariaceae).