In today's world though technology has widen his impact, but somehow, the humans are still dependent on nature, when it comes to food, and lifespan. From the existence of life humans, are dependent on nature, i.e natural resources like sunshine, water, air, food.
Though nature has blessed us with so many resource, it also have given many hazards in many form & today we are going to discuss one of such form which are most poisonous plants in the world . 
Here are 10 poisonous plants which are listed below:
I ) Solanine: In our day to day life potato has become an vital vegetable, and its also healthy for our health containing about 110 calories, Vitamin B6, vitamin C, potassium etc.But did you ever know that the stems and leaves of potatoes contains solanine in potato . solanine definition is that a type poison which is present in leaves n and stems of potatoes.
Sometimes You have might seen that the color of potato have changed from yellow to slightly greenish, in that case the potato might solanine, in short that is solanine potato. peoples who consumes that potato( solanine in food ) might be shiver by solanine poisoning.
Solanine poisoning symptoms :
* The people may be infected with diarrhea.
* He might got fever or hypothermia
* Can also got severe headache
* The pulse of the person might got slow.
* May causes difficulty in breathing
* The person may sense abdominal pain
* vomiting of the food also observed in some cases.
II) Castor oil & Ricin : In our daily life, the use of castor oil for hair growth and castor oil benefits in today's world has enhanced, the castor oil is extracted from castor oil plant or ricinus or ricin plant. It is also known as ricin oil and some of castor oil uses are given below:
* Castor oil for skin is very beneficial and it is used as an natural Moisturizer also promotes wound healing.
* Benefits of castor oil includes fighting with fungus infection on skin.
* Organic castor oil is used for keeping our hair and scalp healthy.
* castor oil for eyelashes is beneficial and its also reduces Acne.
But it will be quite surprising to know that the seeds of castor oil when extracted gives a poison. By hearing the word poison, different snake with venom and cyanide poisoning comes in our mind. But the oil which is extracted from seed of castor oil is more poisonous than those of the above poison, and it is called Ricin .
Ricin is a toxic which contains ricinoleic acid having formula 12-hydroxy-9-cis-octadecenoic acid. A minute amount of ricin can be deathly for human and other species. It can kill humans at its exposure within a range of about 36 to 72 hrs.
Ricin symptoms or ricin poisoning symptoms are given below:
*Breathing in small quantity of ricin includes symptoms like fever, cough,diarrhea,breathing problems etc.
*Consumption of ricin may causes problems like vomiting, diarrhea with blood, dehydration and blood in the urine too.
* Exposure of small amount of ricin in eyes and skin can causes redness and pain on the eyes and exposed skin.
III) Death cap mushroom : In today's world the, consumption of mushroom, has become very common, they are available in markets, and it is highly beneficial for health, having calories about 21.1, protein about 3 g, carbohydrates of about 3.1 g approx, and carbohydrates of about 2.9mg etc.
But did you ever know that there are some mushrooms in the universe, which are deathly poisonous, among which one of such species is death
cap mushroom . Among 90% of deaths from eating fungi, this species is responsible for it. Death
cap mushroom scientific name is Amanita phalloides.
Now after knowing about it, the question comes to the mind, where are death cap mushrooms found ? Well it is mostly found in Europe in may be found in small quantity in other countries.
Lets see some facts about how
to identify death cap mushroom , in below:
Death cap identification :
* The gills of these species are white coloured, which are present underneath the cap of it.
* Its stem at the bottom takes the shape of a cup.
* Its smells good, having similar smell like the rose.
* The cap of the mushroom looks slightly greenish or yellowish in colour.
* Just below the cap, it has a small ring in the upper stem region.
Death cap poisoning : Now lets see some facts about death cap mushroom symptoms :
* The symptoms of poisoning began to show after the consumption of 12hrs of it, first shows symptoms like vomiting, diarrhea.
* Later on, if it is not treated in proper way , then it may reoccur and it may lead to damage the kidney and liver functions.
Hence here the death cap mushroom facts , which you guys can identify, and know about the world deadliest mushroom.
IV) Curare toxin : In ancient times, humans used to fight war with the help of sword and bows-arrows, as that time there are no rifles and guns, as we have read in many books and also watched in television. In this modern world, the use of bows and arrows are still present, they use it for hunting animals. But did you watch or heard about a toxin which is used in arrows to hunt animals more easily. well that particular toxin is called curare. Curare uses highly deadliest that mammals like monkeys after injected with it cause it death within 20 minutes.
Now the question comes to our mind that where does curare come from. well the toxin is extracted from bark of certain trees, which includes trees from Strychnos and Chondrodendron genera,and is found specially in south American countries commonly called as curare arrow . Curare scientific name is Chondrdendron tomentosum.
curare medical uses or curare medicine is used as an anesthesia for certain types of surgeries for muscle relaxant in earlier times, now it being replaced by new agents.
As we have already discussed about curare meaning . But what will happen if someone accidentally got injected curare toxin in someone's or himself body not as a medicine or curare uses is not given in proper way,in short curare poisoning ?
Well it causes paralysis in the muscles and also cases respiratory problems.
Now again the question come to mind what is the treatment for curare poisoning?
well in order to protect from the toxin curare, in modern world, curare antidote is being used in hospitals named as acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitor (anti-cholinesterase), such as physostigmine or neostigmine.
V) Nicotine
poisoning :
Nicotine side effects :
* It causes the reduction of urine excretion from our body, due to which toxic substances from our body didn't excrete easily.
* We know that adrenal gland produces adrenaline and the continuous consumption of nicotine may causes thrombosis which causes high blood pressure and high heart beat.
* It causes the voluntary muscle or skeletal muscle makes weak and less responsible, due to which a person face problems in movement of body muscles.
* We know that our pancreas produces digestive juice, which helps in the digestion of certain, proteins, carbohydrates and fats in our intestine, nicotine uses causes difficulty in production of this juice.
* The use of nicotine increases the production of antidiuretic hormone , which causes the amount of urine low in human body.
* The large intake of nicotine for a long time increase the risk of duodenal and stomach ulcer, which may lead to the formation of cancer in that particular area.
* We know that our nerves plays a major role in our body. It sends and receive data for the central nervous system, the use of nicotine makes our nerves less responsive as compared to normal human being.
Nicotine
benefits / nicotine
gum benefits :
Despite having many demerits towards mankind, now it is used as a medicine in human body to remove the addiction of any nicotine substances, in the form of nicotine gum are which are available in the market that helps to remove addiction like smoking.Though it is safe, it is also advised to take it with the prescription of your doctor for nicotine gum uses.
Now the question comes to the mind that is
nicotine gum safe ? Or are
nicotine patches safe ?
Well it is safe to consumes and many people in today's world got recovered with the help of it. But in some cases, some people gets some effects like vomiting. In such cases it is safe to consult with your doctor.
VI) Deadly nightshade : We know that fruits are very healthy for our health, but in the humble universe, there exists some fruits which are very deadly and poisonous, among them one is belladonna /deadly nightshade i.e. fruits of belladonna plant commonly called as deadly nightshade plant . Its is named as deadly nightshade because of the presence of deadly nightshade poison atropine in it.The belladonna root of the contains more amount of toxin as compared to others parts of the pants.
* Now the question come to mind about Deadly nightshade identification or what does deadly nightshade look like ?
well the deadly nightshade berries or belladonna berries are
blacked in shaped. They are worn singly on a stem with large calyxes
surrounding it, they are usually smaller and hanged on a clusters. The root of this plant have a thickness of about 6inches. The deadly nightshade flower are purple in colour and a have a shape of bell and it grows in the axis of leaves.
* where does deadly nightshade grow ?
It is found in European Countries, North America and in western African countries country, in the month of June to September
* Now the question comes to our mind is deadly nightshade poisonous to touch or is belladonna poisonous ?
We know that the deadly nightshade are poisonous if it is consumed , but
what about if a person only touch it physically. Well if that had a
cut in skin and that particular part comes in contact with deadly nightshade, then it may show same symptoms as after consumption of Belladonna, a human body shows.
* what are the deadly nightshade symptoms ? or what are belladonna side effects ?
Here are some symptoms of deadly nightshade poisoning :
* It may affect the urinary bladder and causes inability to urinate .
* It may causes rapid heartbeat in our body
*It may affect our eyes and can causes blurred vision.
* After getting casual contact with it, the skin of that particular person may got skin rashes and the skin may become flushed
* The affected person may loses his balance due to belladonna affect in central nervous system.
Belladonna treatment : In order to get rid from this dangerous belladonna poison, an antidote was introduced in market named as Physostigmine , which was only given by the prescription of doctor.
VII) purple foxglove or Digitalis purpurea : It is type of flowering plants found in the Europe and in North American countries. The leaves of the plants contains a digitalis, and consuming a few amount of it can be deathly for human, by causing digitalis toxicity. Now the question to the mind that what are Digitalis toxicity symptoms ?
* Here are some of digitalis toxicity signs and symptoms which are given below :
* The victims will losses it appetite.
* He may also get affected by diarrhea, vomiting, and nausea like symptoms.
It is advice to consult with doctor if someone consumes it and experience such symptoms.
* Purple foxglove medicinal uses :
Besides its dangerous toxicity, the leaves of purple foxglove flowers is used in medical purpose to treat heart diseases. It is used in medicine to treat heart diseases.
VIII) Strychnine : Its a toxin which is found in the India and their native countries. It is obtained from a tree named as Kochla. It is normally used as pesticide to kill small vertebrates. Strychnine chemical formula is C21H22N2O2.
* strychnine medicinal uses: strychnine uses as a pesticides to kill small vertebrates.
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