Deadly Nightshade
Episode 30 of the Herbarium of the Bizarre podcast, hosted by Meredith Hemphill, titled "Deadly Nightshade" was published on May 25, 2024 and runs 11 minutes.
May 25, 2024 ·11m · Herbarium of the Bizarre
Summary
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/
Episode Description
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/