A poisonous alkaloid compound found in hemlock plants, affecting the nervous system and historically notorious as a deadly poison.
From Greek 'koneia' (hemlock) plus the chemical suffix '-ine,' forming the name of the principal toxic alkaloid extracted from the poisonous plant.
Coneine is so toxic that it was the actual poison used to execute Socrates in 399 BCE, making it one of the most historically significant molecules—he drank hemlock tea and calmly faced his death.
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