Atropine, along with scopolamine and hyoscyamine, is found in the Datura stramonium plant, which gives hallucinogenic effects and is also known as locoweed.
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Throughout history, plants containing cardiac steroids have been used as heart drugs and as poisons (e.g., in arrows used in combat), emetics, and diuretics.
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Asthma is the most common chronic childhood disease in the world. Most children who develop asthma have symptoms before they are 5 years old.
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Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.
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The familiar sounds of your heart are made by the heart's valves as they open and close.
Tooth Anatomy
tooth anatomy
Skull tooth growth
The “Old Man” from La Chapelle shows evidence of extensive tooth loss and bone resorption.
Tooth Scraper
Micrograph of toothbrush bristles scrubbing plaque on a tooth surface.