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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The FDA recognizes 118 routes of administration.
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Warfarin was developed as a consequence of the study of a strange bleeding disorder that suddenly occurred in cattle on the northern prairies of the United States in the early 1900s.
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In the United States, congenital cytomegalovirus causes one child to become disabled almost every hour. CMV is the leading preventable viral cause of development disability in newborns. These disabilities include hearing or vision loss, and cerebral palsy.
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The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.
Metabolism of vitamin B12
Pathway for vitamin D activation and action
Ice island formed after breakup
Niacin (B3)
Vitamin B12
The three-dimensional structure formed of a protein