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Kidney toxicity [5] associated with kidney failure; associated with development of cancer, particularly of the urinary tract, known carcinogen [8] [9] Atractylate Atractylis gummifera: Liver damage, [3] nausea, vomiting, epigastric and abdominal pain, diarrhoea, anxiety, headache and convulsions, often followed by coma [10]
Marjoram (/ ˈ m ɑːr dʒ ər ə m /, [2] Origanum majorana) is a cold-sensitive perennial herb or undershrub with sweet pine and citrus flavours. In some Middle Eastern countries, marjoram is synonymous with oregano, and there the names sweet marjoram and knotted marjoram are used to distinguish it from other plants of the genus Origanum.
Dust from treated seed is known to have caused at least some health and safety problems particularly from crops such as maize drilled during the main honey flows. Improvements to pneumatic drills to reduce dust release, and improvements to seed treatment compounds to prevent the compound breaking up into dust (dust-off) have been introduced in ...
New research links omega-6 fatty acids, commonly found in seed oils, and colon cancer growth. But there’s more to the story—and study if you read it carefully.
It is not exactly known how long dry plant specimens last in storage, but with proper conservation, they have been able to last many centuries. Specimens collected by Linnaeus in the eighteenth century and by Banks and Solander on the Endeavour voyage in 1788 are still excellently preserved. [4] The specimens may be whole plants or plant parts.
A. flavus growth on spices produces low concentrations of aflatoxin as long as the spices remain dry. [21] Species sensitivity is highly variable when exposed to aflatoxins. Rainbow trout are highly sensitive at 20 ppb, causing liver tumor development in half the population. White rats develop liver cancer when exposed to 15 ppb. [21]
Iodized poppyseed oil (Lipiodol) given orally or intermuscularly produces a long-lasting store of iodine in the body, allowing very infrequent dosing. Iodized oil is a cost-effective way of combating iodine deficiency. There seems to be a lower risk of initial hyperthyroidism compared to iodized salt. [20]
When these mustard seeds are broken, the enzyme myrosinase is released and acts on a glucosinolate known as sinigrin to give allyl isothiocyanate. [5] This serves the plant as a defense against herbivores ; since it is harmful to the plant itself, [ citation needed ] it is stored in the harmless form of the glucosinolate, separate from the ...