Aconitum Definition

Aconitum Sentence Examples

• Aconitum Napellus, common monkshood, is a doubtful native of Britain, and is of therapeutic and toxicological importance.

• The roots of Aconitum ferox supply the famous Indian (Nepal) poison called bikh, bish or nabee.

• Pseudaconitine, obtained from Aconitum ferox, gives on hydrolysis acetic acid and veratrylpseudaconine, the latter of which suffers further hydrolysis to veratric acid and pseudaconine.

• Other related alkaloids are lycaconitine and myoctonine which occur in wolfsbane, Aconitum lycoctonum.

• From the root of Aconitum Napellus are prepared a liniment and a tincture.