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  2. Eastern newt - Wikipedia

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    The red eft (juvenile) stage is a bright orangish-red, with darker red spots outlined in black. An eastern newt can have as many as 21 of these spots. The pattern of these spots differs among the subspecies. An eastern newt's time to get from larva to eft is about three months.

  3. Ergotism - Wikipedia

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    Ergotism (pron. / ˈ ɜːr ɡ ə t ˌ ɪ z ə m / UR-gət-iz-əm) is the effect of long-term ergot poisoning, traditionally due to the ingestion of the alkaloids produced by the Claviceps purpurea fungus—from the Latin clava "club" or clavus "nail" and -ceps for "head", i.e. the purple club-headed fungus—that infects rye and other cereals, and more recently by the action of a number of ...

  4. List of herbs with known adverse effects - Wikipedia

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    Liver damage, cancer [4] Comfrey: comphrey, blackwort, common comfrey, slippery root [4] Symphytum officinale: Liver damage, [4] [5] cancer [4] Country mallow: heartleaf, silky white mallow Sida cordifolia "Heart attack, heart arrhythmia, stroke, death" [4] Dan Shen red sage, Chinese sage, tan shen Salvia miltiorrhiza

  5. Ergot - Wikipedia

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    Ergotism is the earliest recorded example of mycotoxicosis, or poisoning caused by toxic molds. [24] Early references to ergotism date back as far as 600 BC, an Assyrian tablet referred to it as a "noxious pustule in the ear of grain." [25] In 350 BC, the Parsees described "noxious grasses that cause pregnant women to drop the womb and die in ...

  6. Erethism - Wikipedia

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    People with erethism often have difficulty with social interactions. Associated physical problems may include a decrease in physical strength, headaches, general pain, and tremors, [4] as well as an irregular heartbeat. Mercury is an element that is found worldwide in soil, rocks, and water.

  7. Epigenetics of anxiety and stress–related disorders - Wikipedia

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    Epigenetics of anxiety and stress–related disorders is the field studying the relationship between epigenetic modifications of genes and anxiety and stress-related disorders, including mental health disorders such as generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and more.

  8. Cicutoxin - Wikipedia

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    Cicutoxin is a naturally-occurring poisonous chemical compound produced by several plants from the family Apiaceae including water hemlock (Cicuta species) and water dropwort (Oenanthe crocata). [1] The compound contains polyene , polyyne , and alcohol functional groups and is a structural isomer of oenanthotoxin , also found in water dropwort.

  9. List of fictional diseases - Wikipedia

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    An illness specific to the Vegimals' species. The symptoms are red spots, sneezing, and bouncing. The cure is red algae. V virus Bakugan: Battle Planet: The V virus is able to infect humans, Bakugan, and Core Cells and turn them into pure evil. Humans emit a dark, shadow-like aura, red eyes, and an unbearable desire for destruction.