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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This year, an estimated 1.4 million Americans will have a new or recurrent heart attack.
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The average office desk has 400 times more bacteria on it than a toilet.
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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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The types of cancer that alpha interferons are used to treat include hairy cell leukemia, melanoma, follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma.
Ion uptake at root hair membranes.
Hair Tells a Tale
Structure of a hair and its associated sebaceous gland.
Albinism (a defective "P" gene) actually straightens the hair
Blocking enzymes in hair follicles promotes hair growth
Dodder (Cuscuta), also known as strangleweed or devil’s hair. This parasitic flowering plant has ...