Conium cicuta

Synonyms Cicuta major Lam., Cicuta officinalis Crantz, Conium cicuta Neck., Conium maculosum Pall., Coriandrum... [Pg.75]

The common hemlock, Conium maculatum, contain five alkaloids. Power and Tutin found a similar mixture in fool s parsley, and a volatile alkaloid resembling coniine i.s stated to occur in certain aroids. According to Svagr, water hemlock Cicuta virosa) owes its poisonous properties to toxin and not to cicutine, a name sometimes used as a synonym for coniine. The toxic properties of hemlock juice have been known ftom very early times thus it was the chief ingredient in the poison administered to criminals by the Greeks. The leaves and the unripe fruits are the parts used in medicine. The following are the names and formulae of the alkaloids —... [Pg.13]

C. madagascariensis, C. virgata, Chaeropliyllum tainlurieri, Cham-maele decumbens, Cicuta mexicana, Cnidium formosanum, Conium chaerophylloides, Cryplotaenia canadensis, Daucus carota,... [Pg.214]

Conium Maculatum can grow to be about 6 to 10 tall on long purple stalks and branches. White flower heads resemble those of parsnips, carrots, and water hemlock(Cicuta Virosa)... [Pg.51]

Gupta RN (1968) Biosynthesis of the piperidine alkaloids. Lloydia 31 318-326 Haupt H (2003) Poisonous and less poisonous plants. Conium maculatum and Cicuta virosa. Kinderkrankenschw 22 495 96... [Pg.905]

Panter KE, Keeler RF (1988) The hemlocks poison-hemlock (Conium maculatum) and water hemlock (Cicuta spp.). In James L, Ralphs M, Nielsen D (eds) The ecology and... [Pg.905]

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