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Zygacine

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Zygacine is a steroidal alkaloid of the Melanthiaceae family and of the Toxicoscordion, Zigadenus, Stenanthium and Anticlea genera. [1]

19 relations: Activated charcoal (medication), Anticlea (plant), Ataxia, Atropine, Deathcamas, Dopamine, Median lethal dose, Melanthiaceae, Muscarinic agonist, Parasympathetic nervous system, Peristalsis, Picrotoxin, Stenanthium, Steroidal alkaloid, Toxicoscordion, Toxicoscordion paniculatum, Toxicoscordion venenosum, Vagus nerve stimulation, Zigadenus.

Activated charcoal (medication)

Activated charcoal, also known as activated carbon, is a medication used to treat poisonings that occurred by mouth.

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Anticlea (plant)

Anticlea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melanthiaceae, tribe Melanthieae.

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Ataxia

Ataxia is a neurological sign consisting of lack of voluntary coordination of muscle movements that includes gait abnormality.

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Atropine

Atropine is a medication to treat certain types of nerve agent and pesticide poisonings as well as some types of slow heart rate and to decrease saliva production during surgery.

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Deathcamas

Deathcamas or death camas refers to several species of flowering plant in the tribe Melanthieae.

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Dopamine

Dopamine (DA, a contraction of 3,4-dihydroxyphenethylamine) is an organic chemical of the catecholamine and phenethylamine families that plays several important roles in the brain and body.

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Median lethal dose

In toxicology, the median lethal dose, LD50 (abbreviation for "lethal dose, 50%"), LC50 (lethal concentration, 50%) or LCt50 is a measure of the lethal dose of a toxin, radiation, or pathogen.

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Melanthiaceae

Melanthiaceae is a family of flowering perennial herbs native to the Northern Hemisphere.

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Muscarinic agonist

A muscarinic agonist is an agent that activates the activity of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor.

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Parasympathetic nervous system

The parasympathetic nervous system (PSNS) is one of the two divisions of the autonomic nervous system (a division of the peripheral nervous system (PNS)), the other being the sympathetic nervous system.

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Peristalsis

Peristalsis is a radially symmetrical contraction and relaxation of muscles that propagates in a wave down a tube, in an anterograde direction.

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Picrotoxin

Picrotoxin, also known as cocculin, is a poisonous crystalline plant compound.

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Stenanthium

Stenanthium is a North American genus of flowering plants in the tribe Melanthieae of the family Melanthiaceae.

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Steroidal alkaloid

Steroidal alkaloids have organic ring backbones which feature nitrogen-based functional groups.

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Toxicoscordion

Toxicoscordion is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melanthiaceae, tribe Melanthieae, first described as a genus in 1903.

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Toxicoscordion paniculatum

Toxicoscordion paniculatum is a species of flowering plant known by the common names foothill deathcamas and sand-corn.

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Toxicoscordion venenosum

Toxicoscordion venenosum, with the common names death camas and meadow death camas, is a species of flowering plants in the genus Toxicoscordion, of the Melanthiaceae family.

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Vagus nerve stimulation

Vagus nerve stimulation or vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) is a medical treatment that involves delivering electrical impulses to the vagus nerve.

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Zigadenus

Zigadenus is a genus of flowering plants now containing only one species, Zigadenus glaberrimus, the sandbog death camas, found in the southeastern United States from Mississippi to Virginia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zygacine

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