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The world of plants full of natural medicinal wonders, but some species of flowers can deadly. Killers have used these for centuries to people. However, botanists at Michigan State University and the Czech Academy of Sciences have that two particularly poisonous plants could properties that may used to make new medicines. The scientists research on two flowers: wolfsbane and larkspur. Ingestion of small amounts of aconitum could death from respiratory paralysis or heart failure. The toxic larkspur can skeletal muscle weakness. Researchers say "biohacking" of the plants' chemical makeup could valuable therapeutics.

The researchers the toxic compounds from the two plants. Study co-author Dr Garret Miller said: "We know they with our bodies in so many ways, and understanding how to create them can provide totally new routes for testing." They could be as a painkiller, to malaria and cancer, and to pests. Researcher and biochemistry professor Bjorn Hamberger said: "Plants are the best chemists around, their arsenal of natural compounds over millions of years to help them ." Another researcher, Lana Mutabdzija, said: "Many of the medicines we today either come directly from plants or are by plant chemistry."