Poison

:This article is about the dangerous substance. For the band see Poison.

Examples of biological poisons by source

::Unfinished task: Items below should be added as examples under the appropriate poison class above.

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Non-radioactive inorganic poisons

• Arsenic compounds
• arsenic trioxide
• Fowler's solution
• inorganic compounds

Related Topics:
Carbon monoxide - LD50 - Ppm - TCLo

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• phosgene
• phosphine
• hydrogen sulfide
• Acids and bases, corrosives
• various light metal oxides, hydroxides, superoxides
• Bleach, some pool chemicals, other hypochlorates (acidic and oxydizing effect)
• hydrofluoric acid

Organic poisons

• formaldehyde

Naturally produced poisons and toxins

• Microorganisms
• ethanol
• botulin toxin
• Tetrodotoxin
• domoic acid (or Amnesic Shellfish Poison, ASP)
• Shellfish toxins (PSP, DSP, NSP, ASP )
• snake and spider venoms
• plant toxins (including many alkaloids)
• strychnine
• solanine
• atropine
• hyoscyamine
• aconite
• curare
• digitoxin
• digoxin
• poison hemlock
• hemlock water dropwort
• Phytohaemagglutinin (Red kidney bean poisoning)
• Grayanotoxin (Honey intoxication)
• fungal toxins
• amanita toxin, see Amanita phalloides
• muscarine
• aflatoxins
• Ciguatera poisoning
• Scombroid poisoning
• Ouabain
• Pyrrolizidine alkaloids