Cicuta maculata

Synonyms Cicuta maculata, Apiaceae (carrot) family, Cicuta species Cowbane Snakeweed Wild carrot Poison parsnip Spotted hemlock Masquash root Beaver poison False parsley Fever root Wild parsnip... 

Cicuta maculata, or water hemlock, produces the most deadly toxin indigenous to North America. 

Hemiock (water hemiock) Cicuta maculata 1 Cicutoxin seizures... 

It also occurs in the plant Aethusa cynapium L. (Apiaceae) (Fool s Parsley), Cicuta maculata L. Apiaceae) (water hemlock). 

The acetylenes oenanthotoxin (110) and cicutoxin (111) (Figure 5.11) isolated from water-hemlock (Cicuta virosa L.), spotted water-hemlock (Cicuta maculata L.), and from the hemlock water dropwort, Oenanthe crocataL. (Apiaceae) (Anet etal. 1953 Konoshima... 

Konoshima, T. and Lee, K.-H. (1986) Antitumor agents. Cicutoxin, an antileukemic principle from Cicuta maculata, and the cytotoxicity of the related derivatives. /. Nat. Prod., 49,1117-1121. Kris-Etherton, P.M., Etherton, T.D., Carlson, J. et al. (2002) Recent discoveries in inclusive food-based approaches and dietary patterns for reduction in risk for cardiovascular disease. Curr. Opin. Lipid, 13, 397-407. 

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