About half of all pharmaceuticals, including many effective in neurological problems, are derived originally from plants. Find information and provide your informed explanation why the giant red toadstool, the fly amanita orAmanita muscaria, and the tobacco plant produce neurotoxins. These organisms, as well as many other fungi and plants produce neurotoxins to protect themselves from herbivorous insects. Insect neurons have many similarities to our own and are sometimes used to experiment on new psychopharmaceuticals.

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