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According to U.S. Poison Centers, there are between 8,000 and 10,000 exposures to anticholinergic substances annually. A primary example of an anticholinergic poison is **atropine**, a naturally occurring tropane alkaloid derived from toxic plants like *Atropa belladonna*, or deadly nightshade.

Over 2,000 species of plants, many within the nightshade family, contain the potent anticholinergic compounds known as tropane alkaloids. Understanding **what plants are anticholinergic** is crucial, as ingestion of these can lead to severe, and sometimes fatal, toxicity.