A toxic compound or alkaloid found in plants of the dicentra genus, particularly bleeding heart plants.
From dicentra + -in (chemical suffix). Named for the plant source where the chemical was isolated.
Dicentrin makes dicentra plants poisonous to livestock and humans—it's a chemical defense that protects the delicate bleeding heart plants from being eaten!
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