Dried rhizome and roots of Veratrum viride Ait., Liliaceae. Habit. North America. Constit. The alkaloids jervine, pseudojervine, rubijervine, cevadine, germitrine, germidine, veratralbine, veratroidine. See Seiferle et al., J. Econ. Entomol. 35, 35 (1942); Fried et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 72, 4621 (1950). Review: Kupchan, J. Pharm. Sci. 50, 273-287 (1961).
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