An alkaloid compound found in certain plants of the brucia genus and related species, similar to strychnine.
Derived from the genus name Brucia with the chemical suffix '-in' to denote an extracted alkaloid compound, a naming convention established in 19th-century organic chemistry.
Brucin is strychnine's chemical cousin, and both are so toxic that indigenous people used them to poison arrow tips—nature's way of creating a biopesticide stronger than anything we can easily make in labs.
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