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Hellebore (Black/White)
Helleborus niger (black hellebore) and Veratrum album (white hellebore) are highly toxic plants containing cardiac glycosides (H. niger) and steroidal…
Khat / Cathinone
Khat (Catha edulis) leaves contain cathinone and cathine — amphetamine-like stimulants [1]. Cathinone is a Schedule I controlled substance in…
GW501516 / Cardarine
GW501516 (cardarine) is a PPAR-delta agonist — an investigational drug ABANDONED by GlaxoSmithKline after preclinical studies showed it caused CANCER…
Hydrazine Sulfate
Hydrazine sulfate was promoted by Joseph Gold (1970s) as a cancer 'cachexia cure' based on inhibition of gluconeogenesis via phosphoenolpyruvate…
Jimsonweed / Datura
Datura stramonium (jimsonweed, thorn apple, devil's weed) contains tropane alkaloids (scopolamine, atropine, hyoscyamine) — the same anticholinergic compounds as belladonna…
Digitalis / Foxglove
Digitalis purpurea (foxglove) contains cardiac glycosides (digitoxin, digoxin) — the source of the prescription drug digoxin [1]. Self-administration of foxglove…
Germander
Germander (Teucrium chamaedrys) caused an epidemic of HEPATOTOXICITY in France in the 1990s when marketed as a weight-loss herb [1].…
DMHA / Octodrine
DMHA (dimethylhexylamine, octodrine, 2-aminoisoheptane) is a synthetic stimulant found in pre-workouts and fat-burners as an ephedra/DMAA replacement [1]. Like DMAA,…