Poison hemlock, a deadly plant that can cause respiratory failure and death, is spreading throughout Columbus. Contact herbicides are the safest way to control poison hemlock, as all parts of the ...

Cytisinicline increased biochemically confirmed abstinence nearly threefold versus placebo when taken for 6 weeks and more than fourfold when taken for 12 weeks. The drug was well tolerated with ...

Tobacco is also in the nightshade family. Nightshades are unique because they contain small amounts of alkaloids. Alkaloids are chemicals that are mainly found in plants. For something to be ...

Ergot alkaloids are a group of headache medicines that include dihydroergotamine (Migranal, Trudhesa, others) and ergotamine (Cafergot, Ergomar, Ergostat, others). These drugs are used only to ...

Ephedra-type alkaloids, a class of naturally occurring compounds derived from plants in the genus Ephedra, have long held ...

Massospora consumes cicadas from the inside out then drives them to mate—in the process making infected males more attractive to both sexes. With a plug of yellow spores where its abdomen used ...

Guitarist Christian Münzner has split with Alkaloid after 10 years, and is being replaced by his fellow Eternity's End bandmate Justin Hombach. Alkaloid is now Hombach, guitarist and vocalist ...

Its complex effects have been tied to mitragynine and other alkaloids — chemical compounds containing nitrogen — that act on systems in the brain and body. The Food and Drug Administration has ...

Researchers conducted a study on tropane alkaloids (TAs), crucial natural compounds found abundantly in various plant families. TAs, often toxins, include major ones like L-hyoscyamine ...

The protein, dubbed alkaloid binding globulin, or ABG, might pick up alkaloids from a frog’s blood or intestines and transport the toxins to the skin as a chemical defense, researchers report ...

Smokers treated with a naturally occurring plant-based alkaloid were five times more likely to remain smoke-free 3 months after treatment compared with those who received placebo, results of a ...

The hair contained psychoactive alkaloids, which are found naturally in some plants and can induce altered states of consciousness. Archaeologists think that ancient humans may have ingested them ...