Summaries for cancer drug combinations are listed by abbreviation or common name and are shown in capital letters. Each summary gives a list of the drugs that make up the combination and explains what the combination is used for. It also has links to summaries for individual drugs in the combination. A.
1 Also present are ricinine, an alkaloid, and an irritant oil. 2  According to the 2007 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records, the castor oil plant is the most poisonous in the world, though its cousin abrin, found in the seeds of the jequirity plant, is arguably more lethal. One of the most toxic plants found in the Western hemisphere, all parts of the plant contain tropane alkaloids. 2  The active agents are atropine, hyoscine (scopolamine), and hyoscyamine, which have anticholinergic properties.
Poison ivy (Rhus radicans) is a poisonous vine with surface oil that irritates human skin. Within a few hours and up to a day after contact, skin may itch, blisters sometimes form and inflammation is common. For control of this toxic plant, utilize herbicidal sprays to kill poison ivy. Glyphosate is a nonselective herbicide used to control and kill poison ivy. Since this herbicide is nonselective, it kills all plant material and is not just formulated to destroy poison ivy.