Discussing Strychnine, a famous poison and an "Everest" of synthetic chemistry. Featuring Rob Stockman and Martyn Poliakoff. Very Fast Death Factor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIavxAm4Mts Frog Poison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqSeQuH_Tc4 Calcium ions are 2+ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/periodicvideos More chemistry at http://www.periodicvideos.com/ Follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/periodicvideos And on Twitter at http://twitter.com/periodicvideos From the School of Chemistry at The University of Nottingham: http://bit.ly/NottChem Periodic Videos films are by video journalist Brady Haran: http://www.bradyharan.com/ Brady's Blog: http://www.bradyharanblog.com/ Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9