Batrachotoxin: Cardiotoxic, Steroids, Neurotoxic, Alkaloids, Poison dart frog, Melyridae - Tapa blanda

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Batrachotoxins (BTX) are extremely potent cardiotoxic and neurotoxic steroidal alkaloids found in certain species of frogs (poison dart frog), Melyridae beetles, and birds (Pitohui, Ifrita kowaldi, Colluricincla megarhyncha). Batrachotoxin comes from the Greek words batrachos" , meaning frog, and "toxine" , meaning poison. It was named by scientists John Daly and Bernard Witkop, who isolated the pure alkaloid and determined its structure and chemical properties. Its chemical formula is C31H42N2O6. "