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Nitroglycerin is used to alleviate various heart-related conditions, and it is also the chief component of dynamite (but mixed in a solid clay base to stabilize it).
There are major differences in the metabolism of morphine and the illegal drug heroin. Morphine mostly produces its CNS effects through m-receptors, and at k- and d-receptors. Heroin has a slight affinity for opiate receptors. Most of its actions are due to metabolism to active metabolites (6-acetylmorphine, morphine, and morphine-6-glucuronide).
There are 20 feet of blood vessels in each square inch of human skin.
After a vasectomy, it takes about 12 ejaculations to clear out sperm that were already beyond the blocked area.
Green tea is able to stop the scent of garlic or onion from causing bad breath.