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.

Aconitum lycoctonum, wolfsbane, is a yellow-flowered species common on the Alps of Switzerland.