1. Botulinum - the most deadly poison is a mix of 7 types of nerve toxins produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. The toxin is enzymatic (a zinc protease that cleaves 1 or more of the fusion proteins by which neuronal vesicles release acetylcholine into the neuromuscular junction) and causes respiratory failure and paralysis which can result in death. It can be waeponized.

2. Ricin - a protein toxin extracted from castor beans which inhibits cellular protein translation eventually killing cells with symptoms of severe diarrhea with victims dying of shock. Ricin consists of two distinct protein chains (≈ 30kDa each) linked by a disulfide bond. Ricin A interferes with 28s RNA of ribosomes, responsible for protein synthesis, While Ricin B assists Ricin A's entry into a cell.

3. Anthrax - infections caused by Bacillus anthracis. Two types: cutaneous = small sores that develops into blisters &  skin ulcers and gastrointestinal = nausea, loss of appetite, bloody diarrhea and fever. The bacteria  release a protein toxin which targets macrophages with an edema factor which inactivates macrophages so that they cannot phagocytose bacteria and a lethal factor causing macrophages to make TNF-alpha and interleukin-1-beta, that lead to septic shock and death. Anthrax also targets endothelial cells, causing vascular leakage (similar to hemorrhagic bleeding), and ultimately hypovolemic shock. The virulence of a strain of anthrax is dependent primarily to the poly-D-glutamic acid capsule that protects the bacterium from phagocytocis by host macrophages. Weaponization.

4. Sarin - an a clear, colorless, and tasteless organophosphorous pesticide [O-Isopropyl methylphosphonofluoridate] liquid that has no odor which can be vaporized into a deadly chemical nerve gas. It functions by inhibiting the neuro-muscular junction  acetyl-cholinesterase enzyme [forms a covalent bond with the active site of the esterase where acetylcholine normally undergoes hydrolysis]. This allows acetylcholine to build up and continually stimulate any nerve impulses. Symptoms include runny nose, tightness in the chest, pupilary contraction, difficulty breathing, nausea, drooling, loss of control of bodily functions, vomiting, defecation, twitching and jerking. Ultimately, a victim becomes comatose and suffocates in a series of convulsive spasms.
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5. Tetrodotoxin - a potent marine neurotoxin from the Japanese pufferfish which blocks voltage-gated sodium channels on the surface of nerve membranes. Symptoms include shortness of breath, numbness, tingling, lightheadedness, paralysis and irregular heartbeat. Symptoms typically onset quickly, minor ones instantaneously. Death is the usual outcome.
  
                                      

6. Cyanide - a chemical that contains a cyano group -C≡N. Hydrogen cyanide is a colorless gas with a faint, bitter, almond-like odor. NaCN and KCN are both white powders with a bitter, almond-like odors.  Many CN-containing compounds are highly toxic for CN ions bind to the iron atom of the enzyme cytochrome c oxidase in the ETC of mitochondrial membranes, deactivating it and the final transfer of electrons to oxygen thus cells no longer produce ATP. Tissues that mainly depend on aerobic respiration, such as the central nervous system and the heart, are particularly affected. Inhalation of high concentrations of hydrogen cyanide causes a coma with seizures, apnea and cardiac arrest, with death following in a matter of minutes.

7. Mercury - A heavy metal, Hg is one of five periodic table elements that is liquidat room temp. Hg is a bioaccumulative toxin that is easily absorbed through the skin, respiratory and gastrointestinal tissues.  Dimethylmercury, is so toxic that even a few microliters spilled on the skin can cause death. A main targets of the toxin is the enzyme pyruvate dehydrogenase, which is irreversibly inhibited by several mercury compounds, the lipoic acid component of the multienzyme complex binds mercury compounds tightly (mercury binds to the sulfur atoms in lipoic acid) inhibiting PDH. Hg toxicity can result in fever, fatigue, and clinical signs of pneumonitis. Chronic exposure results in neurologic, dermatologic, and renal manifestations. Signs and symptoms might include neuropsychiatric disturbances (e.g., memory loss, irritability, or depression), tremor, paresthesias, gingivostomatitis, flushing, discoloration and desquamation of the hands and feet, and hypertension.   Hg exposure          

8. Strychnine - a colorless crystalline plant alkaloid from the seeds of the Strychnos nux-vomica tree used as a pesticide for killing rodents that causes spasmatic muscular convulsions and eventually asphyxia and death by sheer exhaustion. Strychnine acts as a blocker or antagonist at the inhibitory or strychnine-sensitive Glycine Receptor, a ligand-gated chloride channel in the spinal cord and the brain. 
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9. Amatoxin - a group of protein toxins found in mushroom species with quick intestinal absorption and thermostability that cause toxic hepatitis with centrolobular necrosis and hepatic steatosis, as well as acute tubulointerstitial nephropathy, which altogether induce a severe hepatorenal syndrome (with a potential fatal outcome). There are 8 amatoxins of which the most active is alpha-amanitin, a cyclic nonribosomal peptide of eight amino acids, with a specific affinity for the enzyme RNA Polymerase type II binding to it, effectively causing destruction of hepatocytes.

10. Compound 1080 - sodium fluoroacetate, an odorless, taste-less, water soluble compound without antidote, that is used as a potent metabolic poison to control mammalian pests, and which remains poisonous for up to a year in bodies of animal killed with 1080. It is believed to disrupt the Krebs cycle by preventing citrate from being used in the cycle. This results in an accumulation of citrate in the blood and deprives cells of energy, leading to a slow and painful death as the body "suffocates from within". Symptoms include vomiting, involuntary hyper-extension of the limbs, convulsions, and finally cardiac and respiratory collapse.