▁E skim os . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁School ▁website ▁Pat erson ▁Public ▁School s ▁ ▁School ▁Data ▁for ▁the ▁Pat erson ▁Public ▁School s , ▁National ▁Center ▁for ▁Education ▁Statistics ▁ ▁Category : E ducation ▁in ▁Pat erson , ▁New ▁Jersey ▁Category : Public ▁high ▁schools ▁in ▁Pass a ic ▁County , ▁New ▁Jersey <0x0A> </s> ▁Con i ine ▁refers ▁to ▁a ▁poison ous ▁chemical ▁comp ound , ▁an ▁al kal oid ▁present ▁in ▁and ▁isol able ▁from ▁poison ▁hem lock ▁( Con ium ▁mac ul atum ), ▁where ▁its ▁presence ▁has ▁been ▁a ▁source ▁of ▁significant ▁economic , ▁medical , ▁and ▁histor ico - c ult ural ▁interest ; ▁con i ine ▁is ▁also ▁produced ▁by ▁the ▁yellow ▁pitch er ▁plant ▁( S ar rac enia ▁fla va ), ▁and ▁fool ' s ▁par s ley ▁( A eth usa ▁c yn ap ium ). ▁Its ▁ing estion ▁and ▁extended ▁expos ure ▁are ▁to xic ▁to ▁humans ▁and ▁all ▁classes ▁of ▁liv est ock ; ▁its ▁mechanism ▁of ▁poison ing ▁involves ▁dis ruption ▁of ▁the ▁central ▁nerv ous ▁system , ▁with ▁death ▁caused ▁by ▁resp ir atory ▁par al ysis . ▁The ▁b ios yn thesis ▁of ▁con i ine ▁contains ▁as ▁its ▁pen ult imate ▁step ▁the ▁non - enz ym atic ▁cycl isation ▁of ▁ 5 - ox oo ct yl am ine ▁to ▁ γ - con ice ine , ▁a ▁Schiff ▁base ▁differ ing ▁from ▁con i ine ▁only ▁by ▁its ▁carbon - nit ro