Conium alkaloids

Conium alkaloids are found in spotted hemlock.

[1] Most Conium alkaloids are liquid at room temperature.

Poisoning results in nausea, vomiting, salivation, and diarrhea.

[3][4] In ancient times, aqueous extracts of this plant (hemlock cup) were administered.

[4] In 399 BC, Socrates was sentenced to death by the cup of hemlock as a "free thinker and seducer of youth.