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Dictionary » P » Poisons Poisonspoisons substances which, when ingested, inhaled, or absorbed, or when applied to, injected into, or developed within the body in relatively small amounts may, by their chemical action, cause damage to structure or disturbance of function. ![]()
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What is the most poisonous snake in da world?... worst i found out that the most poisonous snake is the taipan, fron encyclopedia. Taipan are only native to Australia, and there they are the most poisons
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Re: Repiratory poisonsUnlike oligomycin, rotenone is not ATP synthase inhibitor, it is a specific inhibitor of mitochondrial NADH_dehydrogenase (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NADH_dehydrogenase). Take a look at http://www.atpsynthase.info for more information on ATP synthase. Regards, Boris.
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genetic engineering of a plant... and contaminating entire crops but that would have to mean that the attributes are being dominated by the wild variety and are still showing its poisons. it just got me thinking. any replies will be most appreciated :)
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Re: antitoxinsJust look at the words. Antibiotics are poisons aimed at some sort of living thing, usually bacteria. Antitoxins are aimed at poisons themselves. Both groups get the jobs done in a variety of ways. Snake antivenom, for instance, is often antibodies ...
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