FANTASIA KIT YOU HAVE SOME EXPLAINING TO DO
I FIGURED IT OUT
ok so I was doing some homework that required a little research on Solanaceae, which led me to Brazil's white angel trumpet, also known as angel's tears or snowy angel's trumpet. but then I looked at its scientific name...
Brugmansia suaveolens
THATS SOL'S NAME.
ok so I did some further research because I'm a little nerd, and I found out some more stuff that weirdly aligns? forgive me, I'm about to get scientific here.
Brugmansia Suaveolens is a species of nightshade from Brazil. It is extinct in its native area, however is still alive in places it was introduced. It is kept alive through human conservation.
Brugmansia suaveolens is actually nocturnal (sound familiar?), and only releases its scent in the evenings and at night, focusing on attracting only certain pollinators as it is toxic to the majority. It mainly attracts hawk moths, and over time adapted its shape to easily envelop its long proboscis. Brugmansia Suaveolens also partakes in chiropterophily, also known as pollination by bats. Bats are also immune to its poison, and love the high levels of nectar it produces during both of their prime hours. This is also why its primarily white to be more visible during the late hours and its shape is a perfect landing pad for the bat to make an entrance on.
Any part of Brugmansia Suaveolens is VERY poisonous, to the point that touching one's sap can cause temporary blindness. Smelling their extremely sweet perfume can cause nausea and headaches and sometimes respiratory irritation in people with asthma. ingestion can cause loss of consciousness, hallucinations, and comas. In some cases, Brugmansia Suaveolens has claimed the lives of those whom have digested it, often to try to trigger psychedelic effects, PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS IT WILL NOT WORK YOU WILL DIE. The most toxic part of them is especially their seeds and leaves, containing extremely high amounts of scopolamine, hyoscyamine, atropine, and other tropane alkaloids. fun fact, the chemical structure of tropane looks like a pterodactyl :D!!
But the alkaloid I wanna focus on is scopolamine, also called hyoscine or devil's breath. Scopolamine is an antimuscarinic agent, which blocks acetylcholine, an extremely important neurotransmitter and synapse processor, from the nervous system. Acetylcholine acts like a gate, letting in and blocking ion transport. It works in both the central and peripheral nervous system, activating muscle movement and cognitive function. By inhibiting this transmitter, scopolamine inhibits motor function and cognitive function. Scopolamine can thus be used as a drug to incapacitate a victim and has been used, albeit rarely, as a drug for sexual assault and kidnapping.
DOES THIS REMIND YOU OF SOMEONE?????
