A poisonous alkaloid compound found in aconite plants, similar to aconitine but distinct in its chemical structure.
Derived from aconite, the name of the plant genus Aconitum, combined with the chemical suffix -in used for alkaloid compounds. The plant name comes from Greek akonition, possibly from the city Acone.
Aconin is one of several deadly alkaloids in monkshood plants—medieval assassins and poisoners had to distinguish between different toxins in the same plant to control their lethality, making poison chemistry an accidental dark science.
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