Neurotoxin - Aconitine
Chemical formula - C34H47NO11
Aconite - Aconitum napellus
It belongs to the Aconitum genus of flowering plant, branching from the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae).
Aconite - Aconitum napellus
It belongs to the Aconitum genus of flowering plant, branching from the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae).
So what might that actually do to a person?
ReplyDeleteRespiratory paralysis, cardiac arrest, and eventually death. There is no known antidote.
ReplyDeleteAccording to the author of 'Akute Vergiftungen und Arzneimittelüberdosierungen', cited on Wikipedia, 'Oral doses as low as 1.5–6 mg aconitine were reported to be lethal in humans.'
The contrast between those two images is really cool for me, somehow. :3
ReplyDeleteyours is definitely my favorite new blog, keep up the good work.
ReplyDeletewhere does one find this plant in the first place?
ReplyDeleteChemistry how does it work?
ReplyDeleteDeceptively deadly. Would you mind doing hemlock as well?
ReplyDeleteI should get one of those for maggie.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't mind at all, Wondergecko. ♥
ReplyDeleteman i'm glad i never took chemistry. seems hard as hell for a guy with a short attention span like me.
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