Red squill

...Today, it is subject to the Poisonous and Deleterious Substances Control Law and is rarely used in general. The history of rat poison itself is long, and it is said that red squill (active ingredient: sciriloside), a member of the lily family that grows wild on the Mediterranean coast, has been used since prehistoric times. In Japan, during the Edo period, the Iwami Ginzan Rat Poison Drug, made from arsenite, was known along with the cries of peddlers saying, "Are there any pranksters?", and before the introduction of yellow phosphorus preparations, this subarsenical rat poison was the main one used. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "red squill" is listed below.

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…現在では毒物及び劇物取締法の対象となり，一般にはほとんど使われていない。殺鼠剤そのものの歴史は古く，地中海沿岸に自生するユリ科のカイソウ(海葱)red squill(有効成分はシリロシド)は有史以前から利用されたといわれる。日本でも，江戸時代にヒ(砒)石を原料とする〈岩見銀山鼠取薬〉が〈いたずら者はいないかな〉の行商の売り声とともに知られ，黄リン製剤以前はこの亜ヒ素系殺鼠剤がおもに使われていた。…

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