Deadly Nightshade

25/05/2024 11 min Episodio 30

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Episode Synopsis

It’s one of history’s favorite poisons, Deadly Nightshade! It’s also one of my favorite plants, because it is both pretty and horribly toxic. The flowers are my favorite color!

Music by James Milor from Pixabay

Information provided by:

Atropa Belladonna intoxication: a case report by Mohamed Adnane Berdai, et al. (2012)
https://www.europeana.eu/en/exhibitions/magical-mystical-and-medicinal/belladonna
https://sites.evergreen.edu/plantchemeco/deadly-nightshade/
https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/deadly-nightshade-botanical-biography
https://www.rxlist.com/how_do_anticholinergic_agents_work/drug-class.htm
An Evidence-Based Systematic Review of Belladonna by the Natural Standard Research Collaboration by Catherine Ulbricht, et al. (2004)
https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/ethnobotany/Mind_and_Spirit/belladonna.shtml
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticholinergic
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atropa_belladonna
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/plants/wild-flowers/deadly-nightshade/

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