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In 399 BCE, Socrates was sentenced to death for corrupting the youth of Athens and failing to recognize the city’s traditional gods. Socrates is perhaps the most prominent victim of poison from hemlock (Conium maculatum), which was the standard form of capital punishment during his time [28, 29]. C. maculatum contains coniine, a polyketide‐derived alkaloid that is poisonous to humans and animals [30].