Conia also known as Coniine or cicutine is a volatile alkaloid, the active poisonous principle of hemlock. It exists in all parts of the plant, but especially in the not quite ripe seed. When pure it is a colourless oily liquid changing by exposure to the air to a brown fluid, and ultimately to a resinous bitter mass. It has been prepared synthetic... Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/GC.HTM