The word drug comes from the Dutch word droog (meaning "dry"). For centuries, most drugs came from dried plants, hence the name.
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On average, the stomach produces 2 L of hydrochloric acid per day.
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Elderly adults are at greatest risk of stroke and myocardial infarction and have the most to gain from prophylaxis. Patients ages 60 to 80 years with blood pressures above 160/90 mm Hg should benefit from antihypertensive treatment.
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There are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in every adult human.
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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.
First step in cotranslational protein localization: cotranslational sorting
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The electrophoretic mobility of a protein on an SDS polyacrylamide gel is related to its molecular w
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