The concern comes from some of the specific phytochemicals or plant-based chemicals that you will find in nightshades. These alkaloids are nitrogen-based organic substances that are produced by plants and they have a rather intense impact on both human and animal physiology. In other cases, it could be toxic or it depends on the dose. So belladonna is also known as deadly nightshade because it contains these alkaloids.

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