Questions About Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities

by Amy Stewart (Goodreads Author)

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Did anyone else just notice on episode 3 of Outlander, that when the boy was poisoned by the Lilly of the Valley planet she gave him as the antidote belladonna (another "Wicked Plant" & poison?

BonnieReads Yes! Lily of the valley contains cardiac glycosides, which like the drug digoxin, inhibit the sodium-potassium ATPase of cardiomyocytes. The only anti…moreYes! Lily of the valley contains cardiac glycosides, which like the drug digoxin, inhibit the sodium-potassium ATPase of cardiomyocytes. The only antidote is digoxin Fab fragments, which were not developed until 1976. Belladonna contains anticholinergic compounds, such as atropine, in sufficient quantities to cause life-threatening anticholinergic toxicity. So Belladonna is not an antidote for Lily of the valley, it's just another poison.(less)

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I read this book and was wishing for something more in depth about poisonous and dangerous plants. Does anybody have any better book recommendations for this topic?