Tag: Poison
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Smokers show fewer symptoms or appear less affected by certain toxins
Some smokers show fewer symptoms or appear less affected by certain toxins â arsenic included â at doses that harm nonsmokers. This isnât protection in the traditional sense. Itâs more like biochemical compensation or adaptive masking. đ Possible Mechanisms Behind the Paradox Induced Detox Enzymes: Chronic exposure to smoke may upregulate certain cytochrome P450 enzymes…
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Snake venom can have significant effects on fat distribution and adipose tissue
Stimulation of adipose tissue cells: Bothrops moojeni snake venom (Bmv) has been shown to stimulate preadipocytes, which are precursor cells to fat cells. This stimulation leads to the release of inflammatory mediators such as PGE2, IL-6, and KC/IL-8. Increased lipid accumulation: Bmv has been observed to increase lipid accumulation in preadipocytes, suggesting that it can…
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The term “hormesis” derives from Greek hĂłrmÄsis for “rapid motion, eagerness”, itself from ancient Greek hormĂĄein to excite. The same Greek root provides the word hormone.
Hormesis is a two-phased dose-response relationship to an environmental agent whereby low-dose amounts have a beneficial effect and high-dose amounts are either inhibitory to function or toxic. Within the hormetic zone, the biological response to low-dose amounts of some stressors is generally favorable. An example is the breathing of oxygen, which is required in low amounts (in air) via respiration in living animals, but can…
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p-Phenylenediamine (PPD) is a derivative of aniline used in kevlar, hair dye and henna substitutions among other things, the derivatives of which are used in antiozonants among other horrors
p-Phenylenediamine (PPD) is an organic compound with the formula C6H4(NH2)2. This derivative of aniline is a white solid, but samples can darken due to air oxidation.It is mainly used as a component of engineering polymers and composites like kevlar. It is also an ingredient in hair dyes and is occasionally used as a substitute for henna. Production PPD is produced via three routes. Most commonly, 4-nitrochlorobenzene is treated…
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Humans have been interested in echinoid fossils (the fossilised remains of sea urchins) for millennia, considering them lucky and imbuing them with magical powers linked to their deities
A folk tradition in Denmark and southern England imagined sea urchin fossils to be thunderbolts, able to ward off harm by lightning or by witchcraft, as an apotropaic symbol. Another version supposed they were petrified eggs of snakes, able to protect against heart and liver disease, poisons, and injury in battle, and accordingly they were carried as amulets. These were,…
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Cyanamide notes (it was a polio vaccine that spurred these notes and by now polio has five mentions on the page and these are two of them)
I’m going to add some polio vaccine stuff at the top of these notes. Hilary Koprowski is the one mentioned on the Polio Hall of Fame page who was not included in the hideous monument, see What In God’s Name, even though he (and his work) have direct connection to those who are included. He…
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Riboflavin and its breakdown products interact with DNA, making this system attractive in the photodisinfection of blood and blood productsÂ
The application of photosensitisers to tropical pathogens in the blood supply Mark Wainwright PhD, Mauricio S. Baptista, in Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, 2011 Riboflavin As vitamin B2, riboflavin (Fig. 5) is an essential nutrient in humans. The Mirasol system (Navigant Biotechnologies Inc., CO, USA) utilises riboflavin as a photosensitiser in conjunction with long-wave ultraviolet light [37]. Plainly given its essential nature, there are fewer potential toxicity problems…
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In Chinese alchemy, elixir poisoning refers to the toxic effects from elixirs of immortality that contained metals and minerals such as mercury and arsenic
In Chinese alchemy, elixir poisoning refers to the toxic effects from elixirs of immortality that contained metals and minerals such as mercury and arsenic. The official Twenty-Four Histories record numerous Chinese emperors, nobles, and officials who died from taking elixirs to prolong their lifespans. The first emperor to die from elixir poisoning was likely Qin Shi Huang (d. 210 BCE) and the last was the Yongzheng Emperor (d. 1735 CE). Despite common knowledge…
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Cold-Food Powder or Five Minerals Powder, poisonous psychoactive drug popular during the Six Dynasties (220â589) and Tang dynasty (618â907)
Cold-Food Powder (Chinese: ćŻéŁæŁ; pinyin: hĂĄnshĂsÇn; WadeâGiles: han-shih-san) or Five Minerals Powder (Chinese: äșçłæŁ; pinyin: wÇshĂsÇn; WadeâGiles: wu-shih-san) was a poisonous psychoactive drug popular during the Six Dynasties (220â589) and Tang dynasty (618â907) periods of China. Terminology Both Chinese names hanshisan and wushisan have the suffix -san (æŁ, lit. “fall apart; scattered”), which means “medicine in powdered form” in Traditional Chinese medicine. Wushi (lit. “five rock”) refers to the component mineral drugs, typically: fluorite, quartz, red bole clay, stalactite, and sulfur. Hanshi (lit. “cold food”) refers to eating cold foods and bathing in cold water…
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HalÄhala or kÄlakĆ«áča poison
HalÄhala (Sanskrit à€čà€Čà€Ÿà€čà€Č) or kÄlakĆ«áča (Sanskrit à€à€Ÿà€Čà€à„à€à€, literally: ‘black mass’ or ‘time puzzle’[1]) is the name of a poison in Hindu mythology. It was created from the Ocean of Milk when the devas and the asuras churned it (see Samudra Manthana) in order to obtain amrita, the nectar of immortality. Fourteen different ratnas (treasures) were recovered from this episode, which were distributed between the two clans. But before the amrita could be formed,…
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Amygdalin and Laetrile
Amygdalin (from Ancient Greek: áŒÎŒÏ γΎαλΟ amygdalÄ “almond”) is a naturally occurring chemical compound found in many plants, most notably in the seeds (kernels) of apricots, bitter almonds, apples, peaches, cherries and plums, and in the roots of manioc. Amygdalin is classified as a cyanogenic glycoside, because each amygdalin molecule includes a nitrile group, which can be released as the toxic cyanide anion by the action of a beta-glucosidase. Eating amygdalin will cause it to release cyanide…
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Keres, bloodthirsty death spirits in Greek Mythology
In Greek mythology, the Keres (/ËkÉȘriËz/; Ancient Greek: ÎáżÏΔÏ), singular Ker (/ËkÉr/; ÎÎźÏ), were female death-spirits. They were the goddesses who personified violent death and who were drawn to bloody deaths on battlefields. Although they were present during death and dying, they did not have the power to kill. All they could do was wait and then feast on the dead. The…
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Charonium at Aornum
Aornum was an oracle in Ancient Greece, located in Thesprotia in a cave called Charonium (ΧαÏÏΜΔÎčÎżÎœ áŒÎœÏÏÎżÎœ or ÏÎŹÏΌα) which gave forth poisonous vapours. The name of the cave, “Charon‘s Cave”, reflects the belief that it was an entrance for Hades, the Greek underworld. The Greek Myths (Volume 1) by Robert Graves, 1990),page 112: “… He used the passage which opens at Aornum in…
