What's the difference between swallowwort and vincetoxin?

Swallowwort


Definition:

  • (n.) See Celandine.
  • (n.) A poisonous plant (Vincetoxicum officinale) of the Milkweed family, at one time used in medicine; -- also called white swallowwort.

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Vincetoxin


Definition:

  • (n.) A glucoside extracted from the root of the white swallowwort (Vincetoxicum officinale, a plant of the Asclepias family) as a bitter yellow amorphous substance; -- called also asclepiadin, and cynanchin.

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