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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Green tea is able to stop the scent of garlic or onion from causing bad breath.
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In ancient Rome, many of the richer people in the population had lead-induced gout. The reason for this is unclear. Lead poisoning has also been linked to madness.
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Symptoms of kidney problems include a loss of appetite, back pain (which may be sudden and intense), chills, abdominal pain, fluid retention, nausea, the urge to urinate, vomiting, and fever.
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More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.
Hillig and Mahlberg's analysis of secondary metabolites in the genus Cannabis
Transmission of the action potential
Conversion of F+ to an Hfr state occurs by integration of the F factor