Associations to the word «Picrotoxin»

Wiktionary

PICROTOXIN, noun. (organic compound) A poisonous material, extracted from the seeds of the Anamirta cocculus, used as a stimulant; it is a complex of two alkaloids - picrotoxinin and picrotin

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