Disclosure Mystery corpse Laughter
As reported by National Geographic , Thursday ( 4/6 ) now after 2,800 years have passed , they managed to reveal that there is plant material that is able to make people able to smile on his deathbed . This plant is thought to make the face look like a corpse smile . Previously , the author of the 8th century BC Homer never mentions the word term " sardonic smile " which is taken from the root word " Sardinia " in a number of writings refer to ritual murder on the island that ended with a smiling face .
According to recent studies , older people in the past who could no longer survive , and those involved in criminal cases " intoxicated with the sardonic herb and then killed by being dropped from a high rock or beaten to death " .
For centuries the herb 's identity is still a mystery . However , a study led by Giovanni Appendino and his colleagues managed a sardonic grin that can make the people who will die that smile on a plant called hemlock water - dropwort .
White flowering plants like these rods grow along ponds and rivers in parts of Italy . About a decade ago , a Sardinian shepherd committed suicide by eating hemlock water - dropwort that a corpse with a smile .
Death Mauro Ballero , a botanist at the University of Cagliari in Sardinia to study every dropwort plants on the island . His research Ballero and colleagues detailed the molecular structure of plant toxin hemlock water - dropwort and determine their impact on the human body .
Appendino , an expert in organic chemistry at the Universita degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale in Italy explains , " The content is very high toxin and causes symptoms are exactly the same as that described in ancient records and relics of the bodies sardonic smile . " Dikatakanya , hemlock water - dropwort neurotoxin known to contain plant and we think that's what people used to wear . "
In addition hemlock water - dropwort , there are also other plants are hairy buttercup ( aka the Sardinian buttercup ) . However , this plant does not grow in damp places as mentioned in a number of ancient texts and also does not contain a strong toxin , clear Appendino . He added that Sardinia is the only place in the whole Mediterranean plant species overgrown hemlock water - dropwort .
According to a relative of the victim who died , hemlock water - dropwort very dangerous due to the aroma and taste very sweet . " In general, it is bitter but poisonous plant hemlock water - dropwort has a sweet taste . And this is the second case of poisonous plants that can stimulate our senses . According Appendino , this plant is very useful for cosmetics because it can relax the muscles and eliminate wrinkles on the face . Their findings were presented at the Journal of Natural Products .
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