Wild plants with toxic features
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The paper contains information on the effect of toxic wild plants on the human body. The authors mention biologically active substances with poisonous features. Characteristics of 16 species of plants are also presented: Acorus calamus, Anagalis arvensis, Artemisia absynthium, Asarum europaeum, Atropa belladonna, Cicuta virosa, Conium maculatum, Convolvulus arvensis, Corydalis cava, Datura stramonium, Hyoscyamus niger, Lychnis flos-cuculi, Papaver rhoeas, Petasites hybridus, Sedum acre, Solanum nigrum.
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