Is This Pretty Sunflower Deadly, Useful, or Just Eye Candy?
Question: Is this pretty sunflower deadly, useful, or just eye candy? Click here for answer. Dr. Hack…
Toxicology Q&A
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Is This Pretty Sunflower Deadly, Useful, or Just Eye Candy?
Question: Is this pretty sunflower deadly, useful, or just eye candy? Click here for answer. Dr. Hack... -
Know This Purple Bloom’s Hollywood History?
Question: In what popular book and movie was this flower referenced? Click here for answer. Dr.... -
Answer: Purple Bloom’s Hollywood History
Click here for question. Answer: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone “As for monkshood and wolfsbane, they...
Know This Purple Bloom’s Hollywood History?
Question: In what popular book and movie was this flower referenced? Click here for answer. Dr….
Answer: Purple Bloom’s Hollywood History
Click here for question. Answer: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone “As for monkshood and wolfsbane, they…
Facts About the Opium Poppy
Click here for question. Answer As an opioid, Papaver somniferum and its derivatives cause miosis. Background The…
What Is This Dreamy Flower’s Dangerous Secret?
Question Does this toxin cause miosis or mydriasis? Click here for answer. Dr. Hack (Oleander Photography) is…
Why Herbal Tea Made with Jimsonweed Is Dangerous Brew
Answer: Anticholinergic toxicity—this brew can be eye-opening. Toxins Atropine, hyoscyamine, hyoscine, and scopolamine. All are belladonna alkaloids…
What Do You Know About Jimsonweed?
Question: What will this beautiful plant yield when used for an herbal tea? Click here for the…
What Do You Know about Foxglove?
Questions: What is the mechanism by which this flower’s chemicals exert effects on the heart? What ECG…
Foxglove Flower Is Pretty, but Deadly
Take the quiz. Toxins/Compound Digitoxin and digoxin are cardiac glycosides that bind to the sodium-potassium-ATPase channel to…