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Plant Conium maculatum (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Poison Hemlock, Hemlock, Spotted Hemlock, Fool's Parsley, Carrot Fern, Spotted Parsley
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
N-ACETYL-(-)-CONIINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-(+)-CONIINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-(-)-CONIINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Fairbairn, J. W., Suwal, P. N. 1961. The Alkaloids of Hemlock (Conium maculatum L.). II. Evidence for a Rapid Turnover of the Major Alkaloids. Phytochemistry, 11: 38-46.
N-METHYL-(-)-CONIINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Link, R. P. 1975. Toxic Plants, Rodenticides, Herbicides and Yellow Fat Disease. Diseases of Swine Dunne HW: Lemon Ad(eds) Iowa State Univ. Press, Ames Iowa, 4th ed.: 861.
PENTOSANS 0 Plant not available 66000.0 -1.16 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 206000.0 249000.0 0.14 Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOCONHYDRINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
URONIC-ACIDS 0 Plant not available 33000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE 3 Plant not available 46000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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