eserine

Japanese: eserine
eserine

…It is also called eserin. It is an alkaloid contained in the seeds of Physostigma venenosum , a legume plant found in the Calabar River basin in Guinea, West Africa. The natives call these seeds eserumame, while whites call them calabar beans. It is said that the natives of Guinea once used these beans in trials, and if they ate them they were found guilty, but if they survived they were found innocent. These beans are highly poisonous. In 1865, the toxic component was isolated in crystalline form and named physostigmine after the plant name and eserin after the local word. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…エゼリンeserinともいう。西アフリカ,ギニアのカラバル川流域に産するマメ科の植物Physostigma venenosumの種子に含有されるアルカロイド。この種子を現地人はエゼルマメ,白人はカラバルマメと呼んでいる。かつてギニアの原住民の間で,この豆を裁判に用い,食べて死亡すれば有罪,助かれば無罪としたと伝えられ,強い毒性を有する豆である。1865年にその毒性成分が結晶形で単離され,植物名からフィゾスチグミン,現地人の言葉からエゼリンと名づけられた。…

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