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The Mystery of Poison Ivy
The mystery was solved in the 1920s when Japanese scientist Rico Magima described the exact chemical structure of the toxin. Arushiol is really a mix of organic compounds, like I mentioned earlier. And from what I can tell, poison ivy and other Arushiol-producing plants have never really stood front and center in academic research. But poison ivy did earn its place in popular culture with the song poison ivy by the coasters recorded in 1959.