Aconitum in A Sentence

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    Aconitum lycoctonum, wolfsbane, is a yellow-flowered species common on the Alps of Switzerland.

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    Aconitum Napellus, common monkshood, is a doubtful native of Britain, and is of therapeutic and toxicological importance.

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    From the root of Aconitum Napellus are prepared a liniment and a tincture.

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    Other related alkaloids are lycaconitine and myoctonine which occur in wolfsbane, Aconitum lycoctonum.

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    Pseudaconitine, obtained from Aconitum ferox, gives on hydrolysis acetic acid and veratrylpseudaconine, the latter of which suffers further hydrolysis to veratric acid and pseudaconine.

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    The roots of Aconitum ferox supply the famous Indian (Nepal) poison called bikh, bish or nabee.