A toxic alkaloid or poisonous compound derived from or found in dicentra plants.
From dicentra + -ine (chemical suffix for alkaloids). Alternative or related form naming the toxic compound from bleeding heart plants.
Chemists discovered dicentrine while studying why herbivores avoid bleeding heart plants—every part of the flower contains this bitter poison as a built-in pest repellent!
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