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• Quinine
  | pregnancy_category = C <small>([[United States of America|USA]])</small>, D <small>([[Australia|Au]])</small> ...nti-inflammatory]] properties and a bitter taste. It is a [[stereoisomer]] of [[quinidine]] which, unlike quinine, is an [[anti-arrhythmic]]. Quinine con
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• Metronidazole
  | type of medicine = [[antibiotic]], [[antiprotozoal agent|antiprotozoal]] ...e '''Flagyl''', in '''Pakistan''' it is also available with the brand name of '''Nidagyl''' manufactured and marketed by '''Star Laboratories'''. In Thai
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• Vancomycin
  ...robAgentsChemother 1990 1342 commons.jpg|thumbnail|300px|Crystal structure of a short peptide L-Lys-D-Ala-D-Ala (bacterial cell wall precursor, in green) ...after treatment with other antibiotics had failed, although the emergence of vancomycin-resistant organisms means that it is increasingly being displace
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• Magnesium hydroxide
  | OtherNames = Milk of Magnesia | RefractIndex = 1.559<ref>Pradyot Patnaik. ''Handbook of Inorganic Chemicals''. McGraw-Hill, 2002, ISBN 0070494398</ref>
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• Nitrous oxide
  ...ocket]]ry and in [[Auto racing|motor racing]] to increase the power output of [[Piston engine|engines]]. At elevated temperatures, nitrous oxide is a pow ...Forcing"] which contains information on [[global warming potential]] (GWP) of greenhouse gases.</ref>
  61 KB (8,728 words) - 16:50, 27 September 2010
• Magnesium sulfate
  ...edical preparations. Epsom salt has been traditionally used as a component of [[bath salts]]. ...function of frequency. Lower frequencies are less affected by the [[Salt (chemistry)|salt]], so that the acoustic energy travels much farther in the ocean. [[B
  14 KB (1,882 words) - 16:50, 27 September 2010
• Morphine
  *[[Cardiac arrest]], cessation of [[Cardiac cycle|heartbeat]], or [[heart failure]] *[[Flushing (physiology)|Flushing]] of the [[face]]
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• Paracetamol
  ...| url = http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/je990124v | journal = Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data | volume = 44 | pages = 1391 | year = 1999}}</r ...set of analgesia is approximately 11 minutes after [[oral administration]] of paracetamol,<ref>{{cite doi|10.1093/bja/aei109}}</ref> and its [[half life]
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• Cicuta
  ...to other members in the family Apiaceae and may be confused with a number of other edible and poisonous plants. The common name hemlock may also be conf ...ncluding [[anticonvulsant]] drugs such as a [[benzodiazepine]]. High doses of anticonvulsant medicine are often required to halt seizure activity and fur
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• Taxus canadensis
  ...Ohio River]]. It is, however, found as a rare ice age relict in some coves of the Appalachian Mountains. The southernmost colonies are known from [[Ashe ...&nbsp;cm long and 1.5&nbsp;mm broad, arranged in two flat rows either side of the.
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• Phytolacca americana
  ...d ink plant''' and '''chui xu shang lu''' (in [[Chinese medicine]]). Parts of this plant are highly [[toxic]] to [[livestock]] and humans, and it is cons ...hanges to a spreading, horizontal form later in the season with the weight of the berries. Plant dies back to roots each winter. Stem has chambered [[pi
  16 KB (2,229 words) - 12:26, 7 July 2010
• Digitalis
  ...id = 11222255 | issue = 2 | jstor = 2657024 | publisher = American Journal of Botany, Vol. 88, No. 2}}</ref> ...These range in color from various purple [[tint]]s through various shades of light gray, and to purely white. The flowers can also possess various marks
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• List of psychedelic plants
  ...contain [[psychedelic drugs]]. Some of them have been used for thousands of years for religious purposes. The plants are listed according to the substa ...ects of cannabis. Many jurisdictions have laws regulating the sale and use of [[medical cannabis]] to treat pain, insomnia, and stimulate appetite.
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• Sparteine
  ...ghan_Williams_antiarrhythmic_classification|Vaughn Williams classification of antiarrhythmic drugs]]. ...a [[chirality (chemistry)|chiral]] [[base (chemistry)|base]] in [[organic chemistry]], and as a [[ligand]] in organic [[chemical synthesis]].
  7 KB (891 words) - 09:44, 20 September 2010
• Polyethylene glycol
  ...clature of regular single-strand organic polymers|journal=Pure and Applied Chemistry|year=2002|volume=74|issue=10|pages=1921–1956|doi=10.1351/pac200274101921} ...s difficult, the price for this type of quality is often 10-1000 fold that of polydisperse PEG. PEGs are also available with different geometries. ''Bran
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• Petroleum
  ...fined and separated, most easily by [[boiling point]], into a large number of consumer products, from [[petrol]] and [[kerosene]] to [[asphalt]] and chem ...aries depending on the subsurface conditions, and on the [[phase diagram]] of the petroleum mixture.<ref name="Hyne 2001">Hyne (2001), pp. 1–4.</ref>
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• Coffea
  {{About|the biology of coffee|the beverage|Coffee}} |image2_caption = Mature fruit of a ''Coffea'' species
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• Gunpowder
  ...le, but instead use [[smokeless powder]]. [[Antique]] firearms or replicas of antique firearms are often used with [[black powder substitute]]. ...explosives [[detonation|detonate]], producing a supersonic wave. Ignition of the powder packed behind a bullet must generate enough pressure to force it
  51 KB (7,447 words) - 10:15, 20 September 2010
• Paraffin
  ...ub>''n''</sub>H_2''n''+2. '''Paraffin wax''' refers to a mixture of alkanes that falls within the 20 ≤ ''n'' ≤ 40 range; they are found in ...and [[mineral oil]] appear as liquids at room temperature. The solid forms of paraffin, called ''paraffin [[wax]]'', are from the heaviest molecules from
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• Hemp
  {{About|industrial hemp|its psychoactive variant|Cannabis (drug)|the biology of the plant|Cannabis|other uses|Hemp (disambiguation)}} .... Only ''C. sativa'' (left) is suited for industrial hemp, but it also has medicinal varieties.]]
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