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Laudanum is a tincture of opium containing approximately 10% powdered opium by weight (the equivalent of 1% morphine). [1] Laudanum is prepared by dissolving extracts from the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) in alcohol ().
The ripe seeds look like flattened disks, which are very hard. These seeds are the chief commercial source of strychnine and were first imported to and marketed in Europe as a poison to kill rodents and small predators. Strychnos ignatii is a woody climbing shrub of the Philippines. The fruit of the plant, known as Saint Ignatius' bean ...
There is no antidote for strychnine poisoning. [5] Strychnine poisoning demands aggressive management with early control of muscle spasms, intubation for loss of airway control, toxin removal (decontamination), intravenous hydration and potentially active cooling efforts in the context of hyperthermia as well as hemodialysis in kidney failure (strychnine has not been shown to be removed by ...
Chondrodendron tomentosum, the main source of 'tube curare' and principal source of D-tubocurarine (DTC), the alkaloid constituting medicinal curare Strychnos toxifera, the Strychnos species which is the principal source of 'calabash curare' and its main active constituent, the alkaloid toxiferine
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Beemans gum (originally Beeman's Gum) is a chewing gum formulated by Ohio physician Edward E. Beeman and first sold in February 1890. [1] It originally contained pepsin , but no longer does. Beemans became popular with early aviators as a good luck charm , and Chuck Yeager is purported to have chewed a stick of Beemans gum before every flight.
A third of the cinnamon powders and spice mixtures tested yielded alarming results, advocacy group's study finds. High levels of lead found in 12 cinnamon brands. List to avoid.
According to the study, the highest levels of lead were found in Paras cinnamon powder, which taste at 3.52 parts per million (ppm). Other brands with elevated lead levels include EGN cinnamon ...