Zygacine is a steroidal alkaloid of the genera Toxicoscordion, Zigadenus, Stenanthium and Anticlea of the family Melanthiaceae. These plants are commonly...

McDiarmid, R.E.; Cristofoli, W.; Sun, F.; Benn, M. (1992). "Content of zygacine in Zygadenus venenosus at different stages of growth". Phytochemistry....

It is quite likely the only bee that can tolerate the deathcamas toxin, zygacine. A. astragali is a bee, a species in the order Hymenoptera, which includes...

poisonous reputation. The main toxic alkaloid contained in the plants is zygacine, but other esters of zygadenine develop in the plant as the seed pods ripen...

of Z. glaberrimus are toxic, due to the presence of alkaloids such as zygacine. Grazing animals, such as sheep and cattle, may be affected and this or...