Topic summary

Histrionicotoxin

Histrionicotoxin

Extracted from the Wikipedia article Histrionicotoxins.

Toxicity

Histrionicotoxin is relatively not as toxic as other alkaloids from poison dart frogs. Preliminary tests showed that mice could survive a 5 mg/kg dose of histrionicotoxin 283a and recover within 3 hours with no lasting effects.