Alkaloid
Level 3 — ContestedIn Winter's Dictionary
Alkaloid is a other — Group of nitrogenous compounds from plants
What it does
Group of nitrogenous compounds from plants
Where you'll see it
Plants - tropine, morphine, nicotine, quinine, codeine, caffeine, cocaine, strychnine
What the research says
Alkaloids are potent and include the hallucinogen mescaline and the deadly poison brucine.
Sources
- A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives (Winter): The alkaloids are potent and include the hallucinogen mescaline and the deadly poison brucine