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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Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%
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Not getting enough sleep can greatly weaken the immune system. Lack of sleep makes you more likely to catch a cold, or more difficult to fight off an infection.
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Sperm cells are so tiny that 400 to 500 million (400,000,000–500,000,000) of them fit onto 1 tsp.
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The term pharmacology is derived from the Greek words pharmakon("claim, medicine, poison, or remedy") and logos ("study").
Cambrian trilobite, with a shell made of calcium carbonate.
Pentose phosphate pathway
The glutamine synthetase reaction occurs via an acyl phosphate intermediate
Easy way to remember to formula to calculate volume of a cylinder
Half-life Formula
What title would chemists give to an orbital characterized by n=8 and 1=4?