• It is a major source of the highly poisonous, intensely bitter alkaloids strychnine and brucine derived from the seeds inside the tree's round, green to orange fruit. (wikipedia.org)
  • The tree's blossoms and bark can also be poisonous, containing the alkaloids strychnine and brucine. (australiangeographic.com.au)
  • These plants contain the alkaloids strychnine and brucine, but lethality of nux vomica is believed to parallel its content of strychnine. (inchem.org)
  • Macaws eat seeds containing alkaloids, a group of chemicals that has some notoriously toxic members, such as strychnine. (yourenglishteacher.co.in)
  • This plant so appealing to the eye is not as welcome in other body parts, however, containing potentially toxic strychnine alkaloids that can be deadly to certain animals, from honey bees who may gather its nectar, to livestock that may chew on its leaves. (charlestonfootprints.com)
  • Ingestion of the whole plant, particularly the seeds of S. nux- vomica and S. ignatii can cause poisoning. (inchem.org)
  • Seeds of Nux Vomica give strychnine, which is a CNS stimulant. (howmed.net)
  • The seeds of the Nux vomica plant have, in the past, been dried and crushed before consumption. (beachsiderehab.com)
  • It is known for being the natural source of the extremely poisonous compound strychnine. (wikipedia.org)
  • This tree bears small, orange-coloured fruits with highly poisonous seeds that are neurotoxic - they harm the body's nervous system, causing convulsions, paralysis and even death. (australiangeographic.com.au)
  • Aconite is a fast-acting poisoning plant whose all parts are poisonous but most poisonous parts are roots, seeds, and pre-flowering leaves. (forensicmcq.com)
  • The seeds are very hard, with a dark gray horny endosperm where the small embryo is housed that gives off no odor but possesses a very bitter taste. (wikipedia.org)
  • The fruit contains seeds which are bitter because of the poison, strychnine (no it doesn't work because it kills off the patient! (healthyplace.com)
  • Strychnine is toxic to humans in large doses. (healthline.com)
  • But be very careful, they also contain a very small amount of Strychnine, which is potentially lethal to humans in large doses. (beachsiderehab.com)
  • While the bark of the Anadenanthera colubrina, or vilca, can be used to make tea and its leaves are used for dye, it's the thin, disc-like seeds within its flattened 13-inch-long pods that have captured people's attention for 4,000 years. (happyatheistforum.com)
  • Adulteration and misbranding of ' Elixir of Phosphate of Iron, Quinine, and Strychnine. (nih.gov)
  • Abrin is similar to ricin, a toxin that also is found in the seeds of a plant (the castor bean plant). (cdc.gov)
  • Strychnine is a tropical plant that you need a licence to grow and there is no such plant at Torre Abbey. (devonassoc.org.uk)
  • Ricin from the seeds of the castor oil plant was easy to obtain but is now on the terrorist list. (devonassoc.org.uk)
  • Abrin is a natural poison that is found in the seeds of a plant called the rosary pea or jequirity pea. (cdc.gov)
  • Despite their pleasant appearance and aroma, these common garden plants are highly toxic, particularly their leaves and seeds. (australiangeographic.com.au)
  • Heroin is processed from morphine, a naturally occurring substance extracted from the seed pod of certain varieties of poppy plants. (studymode.com)
  • Scientifically Trachelospermum Jasminoides, which translates as "neck seed jasmine-like" based on the shape of seeds and flowers, is in the Apocynaceae family of plants, which is even deadlier than the Gelsemium. (charlestonfootprints.com)
  • Apple seeds contain minute amounts of strychnine, a known poison so you wouldn't want to eat copious amounts of them daily, and other seeds contain chemicals that may also be harmful if ingested, the cacao seed is one such seed. (raw-foods-diet-center.com)
  • Cyanide comes from the seed kernels of the Prunus family and is a potent and rapid poison. (devonassoc.org.uk)
  • It would take a deliberate act to obtain abrin from rosary pea seeds and use it to poison people. (cdc.gov)
  • The flesh of the fruit is soft and white with a jelly-like pulp containing five seeds covered with a soft, woolly substance. (wikipedia.org)
  • Heat from a fire can crack the hard seed coat, and it has been shown that seeds have faster and higher germination rates after passing through the digestive tract of birds or bears. (mi-automobile.at)
  • Ticket holders for the 2022 Symposium also received a copy of the accompanying publication, EGA Conference Journal 5, featuring articles from the Seed SistAs, Keeper Trout, Snu Voogelbreinder, and many more excellent ethnobotanical authors, which accompanies and compliments many presentations at Garden States 2022. (gardenstates.org)
  • Strychnine has caused secondary poisoning in pets that ate poisoned rodents. (mi-automobile.at)
  • Its non-natural enantiomer, (+)-strychnine 2 , was first synthesized in 1995. (acs.org)
  • In the 1940s, Robert Robinson (Oxford University) and Robert B. Woodward (Harvard University), both eventual Nobel laureates in chemistry, published structures of the natural strychnine molecule. (acs.org)
  • Strychnine can be absorbed into the body by inhalation or ingestion. (cdc.gov)
  • The seeds are first immersed in water for five days and then in milk for two days followed by their boiling in milk. (wikipedia.org)
  • Water: Strychnine can be used to contaminate water. (cdc.gov)
  • The seeds have the shape of a flattened disk completely covered with hairs radiating from the center of the sides. (wikipedia.org)
  • Agricultural: If strychnine is released into the air as fine particles (aerosol), it has the potential to contaminate agricultural products. (cdc.gov)
  • These seeds are red with a black spot covering one end. (cdc.gov)