A toxic compound or glycoside found in Acocanthera plants, responsible for the plant's poisonous properties.
Derived from 'acocanthera' with the chemical suffix '-in' (commonly used for organic compounds). As acocanthera plants were chemically analyzed in the 19th and 20th centuries, scientists isolated and named this specific poison compound.
Acocantherin is a cardiac glycoside that's similar to digitalis (the heart drug)—the chemistry is so similar that studying these plant poisons helped scientists understand how to make life-saving heart medicines!
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