All 11 Uses of
toxic
in
Into the Wild
- Potato seeds are in fact mildly toxic after they've begun to sprout.
p. 190..2 *toxic = poisonous
- Accounts of individuals being poisoned from eating H. mackenzii are nonexistent in modern medical literature, but the aboriginal inhabitants of the North have apparently known for millennia that wild sweet pea is toxic and remain extremely careful not to confuse H. alpinum with H. mackenzii.
p. 191..6
- The agent of his demise was wild potato, H. alpinum, the species plainly identified as nontoxic inTanaina Plantlore.†
p. 192..8
- Although it says nothing about the seeds of the species being edible, it also says nothing about the seeds being toxic.
p. 192..9toxic = poisonous
- To be fair to McCandless, it should be pointed out that the seeds of H. alpinum have never been described as toxic in any published text: An extensive search of the medical and botanical literature yielded not a single indication that any part of H. alpinum is poisonous.
p. 192..9
- There is a strong likelihood, moreover, that the alkaloid is swainsonine, a compound known to ranchers and livestock veterinarians as the toxic agent in locoweed.
p. 193..9
- There are some fifty varieties of toxic locoweeds, the bulk of which are in the genus Astragalus, a genus very closely related to Hedysarum.
p. 193..9
- With the discovery by Clausen and Treadwell that wild potato seeds may be repositories of swainsonine or some similarly toxic compound, a compelling case can be made for these seeds having caused McCandless s death.
p. 194..4
- The plant that poisoned him was not known to be toxic, indeed, he'd been safely eating its roots for weeks.
p. 194..6
- In order for the toxic compound to be excreted in the urine, it first has to bind with available molecules of glucose or amino acid.
p. 195..2
- Laid low by the toxic seeds, McCandless discovered that he was suddenly far too weak to hike out and save himself.
p. 195..6
Definition:
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(toxic) poisonous or harmful