Plant Toxin

• nicotine

  An alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco; used in medicine and as an insecticide.

• strychnine

  An alkaloid plant toxin extracted chiefly from nux vomica; formerly used as a stimul...

• brucine

  A bitter alkaloid poison resembling strychnine and extracted from nux vomica.

• tubocurarine

  A toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful...

Poison

• atropine

  A poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic...

• hyoscyamine

  A poisonous crystalline alkaloid (isometric with atropine but more potent); used to...

Also contains

• cinchonine

  An alkaloid derivative of the bark of cinchona trees that is used as an antimalarial...

• pilocarpine

  Cholinergic alkaloid used in eyedrops to treat glaucoma.

• ergonovine

  An alkaloid derived from ergot (trade name Ergotrate Maleate) that is less toxic than...

• ephedrine

  White odorless powdered or crystalline alkaloid from plants of the genus Ephedra (especially...

• physostigmine

  Used in treatment of Alzheimer's disease and glaucoma.

• pseudoephedrine

  Poisonous crystalline alkaloid occurring with ephedrine and isomorphic with it.

• ergotamine

  An alkaloid derived from ergot that is less toxic than ergot; causes constriction of...

• caffeine

  A bitter alkaloid found in coffee and tea that is responsible for their stimulating ef...

• rauwolfia

  Any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina.

• scopolamine

  An alkaloid with anticholinergic effects that is used as a sedative and to treat nausea...

• betaine

  A sweet tasting alkaloid that occurs in sugar beets.