1. Watch the short film in the first room. Why did the grasshopper mouse not feel pain when stung by the scorpion? What kind of poison is tetrodotoxin?
Ans: Grasshopper did not felt the pain when stung by the scorpion because the Grasshopper produces natural bio-chemicals to defend itself against the poison of scorpion by tricking the scorpion.
Tetrodotoxin is a powerful poison found on liver and reproductive organ of some puffer fish.
2. What bird's feathers are poisonous, and what is the toxin contained by the bird? Briefly detail the effects of the toxin?
Ans: The feather of Pitohui, colorful New Guinea bird is poisonous and the name of the toxin secretes by this bird is batrachotoxin. The bird secret betrachotoxin to protect from its predators like hunters, snakes, eagle etc. When a person keep the feather of Pitohui in his/her mouth, burning sensation will occur for hours or may last overnight. It also causes heart failure.
3. Name 4 literature works in which poison(s) is/are presented. List the poison(s) that are associated in the literature.
Ans: The 4 Popular literature works along with the uses of poison are listed below:
a. Sherlock Holmes-In Sherlock Holmes, By Arthur Ronan Conan Doyle poison dart is used by little Tongo.
b. Harry Potter- In Harry Potter by J.K Rowling, Harry gives an antidote called bezoar found in the stomach of goat, to his friend Ron who is poisoned.
c. Agatha Christie- arsenic, cyanide, strychnine, nicotine, thallium, cocaine, digitalis, snake venom, monkshood, belladonna, hemlock, yew berries etc.
d. The princess Bride- Iocane powder
4. Some poisons can act as antidotes for other poisons. List one such combination and briefly explain how?
Ans: Acetylcholinesterase is a naturally produ...
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9. List 2 poisons with therapeutic effects and how they are used? List 2 animals and briefly comment on how their venom’s are being studied to treat diseases.
Ans: The seeds of Yew trees are very toxic and a person can die if consumed. But ‘Taxol’ chemicals found in bark of Yew trees are used in chemotherapy treatment for breast and other different cancers (www.thepoisongarden.co.uk).
Botulinum toxin, one of the deadliest known substances is produced by tiny microbe. The toxin produced by Clostridium botulinun bacteria is used to treat infection and muscle spasm.
a. Spider (Macrothele raveni): The venom of this species is believed to help in fighting lung cancer and leukemia.
b. Vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus): Its saliva contains anticlotting agent called draculin, which may help protect against strokes.
Poisoning was a big problem in the 1920s of America. “The Poisoner's Handbook” tells a fascinating tale about the early men of toxicology, Charles Norris and Alexander Gettler, in criminal investigations and public health. Produced and directed by Rob Rapley, the film, "The Poisoner's Handbook," shows many poisoning stories together which tells a mix of mysterious and heartbreaking deaths. This is evident that humans will use accessible items, including everyday household products, to kill each other. The film integrates the birth of forensic science with the rise of big businesses and local politics. Many murderers roamed free until enough political will was assembled to implement a new medical examiner system in the 1920s.
In the first story, entitled The Magic Pony, one learns about the “Man Poison”. The story is narrated by Jasmine, who lives with her Auntie Faye Faye tells her daughter Ruby and Jasmine that all men are poisoned because of a mistake from her past She stole her cousin Anna’s boyfriend Joaquin, by lying t...
Poison arrow frogs are one of the most interesting animals of the Amazon rainforest. Poison Arrow Frogs are very colorful. The Poison arrow frogs skin holds all of the poison. Female Poison arrow frogs lay eggs in the water which then turn into tadpoles, when nursing the tadpoles stay on the females back. They’re colorful and vibrant body warn predators to not go near them. Most Poison arrow frogs are a bright colored. The Poison arrow frogs scientific name is Dendrobatidae. Poison arrow frogs are not poisonous in captivity. They gain their poison from bugs and arthropods that they eat. Poison arrow frogs gained their name from indian tribes putting the Poison arrow frogs poison on darts and arrows. Poison arrow frogs are small and about a centimetre tall and wide. The most poisonous part of a poison arrow frog is the Poison arrow frogs skin that can kill a 180 pound 6 ft man but usually it isn’t bad. All Poison frogs are poisonous but only 3 are deadly. The most poisonous and deadly Poison arrow frog is the famous Golden arrow frog. Its poison, Batrachotoxin can kill small animals and humans. As you can see Poison arrow frogs are unique and colorful frogs.
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The poem “A Poison Tree” by William Blake and the story, “The Cask of Amontillado” written by Edgar Allan Poe writes about revenge. Overall both the poem and the short story share how they developed the overall theme, and to express the act, each of the writings use dramatic irony and sensory
Many plants and plant derived products are used in cancer therapy as cytotoxic agents. Examples include Taxol that is used for breast cancer (which gets its active constituent from Pacific Yew tree) and the vinca alkaloids used for leukaemia (from the Madagascar ...
“Many potions may be used to benefit or harm others. Take, for example, the Draught of Living Death. While Healer Ren Russelburn modified the recipe to be administered to patients during particularly complex surgeries, her co-worker Herman Quigley used the same potion to render his patients unconscious while Quigley stole their money. Russelburn earned herself the Outstanding Healer Award, while Quigley was promptly dismissed and sent to Azkaban. “ [1]
Define, compare, and contrast the three types of multicide. Why is it important to differentiate between them?
The first two chapters of the book are about the drugs in general. The chapters explained how drugs have been used in the early history of the peoples for clients welfare, religious rites, but also to produce intoxication and euphoria.
Finally, methanol poisonous wood alcohol that has blinded and killed thousands of converts after ingestion of formaldehyde and formic acid (the main component of the venom of the sting of fire ants). Formaldehyde, a deadly neurotoxin that is stored in adipose tissue, particularly in the hips and thighs, is used to embalm corpses and violent is a carcinogen.
They describe it as “to a highly toxic substance called tetrodotoxin (TTX). In an article in New Scientist (2001), Bryan Furlow gives an overview of TTX’s effects blended with a headlining news story: Dodo, a former voodoo priest, confirms that the recipe used to make the drug for zombiefication includes a powder derived from the puffer fish” (Efthimiou and Gandhi “Cinema Fiction vs. Physics Reality: Ghosts, Vampires, and Zombies”), basically they say that someone got poisoned with a powder foun in puffer fish known as Tetrodotoxin. This myth is all about this poison and how the person dies. They say that the poison makes the body functions suspended or in other words the body seems to be dead but it fact the person is still alive, but his body functions are suspended due to the poison effects. They conclude what is the reason of people turn into “zombie” that if someone is buried alive that lack of oxygen will damage the brain, which will lead to the death of this person. But if the person is unburied before he dies from suffocation, then it will make this person appears as a soulless creature “zombie”, and that is because of what this person has lost which is the thinking processes of the brain, because of the poison. So the authors did not prove it as false, because in this case, they might be some people who seemed to be “zombies” due to the poison effect, but they are not real zombies, they
Criminological toxicology can likewise be utilized to focus medications and dosing for healing centre patients, for instance in remedial pill screening and crisis clinical toxicology; recognize wrongdoings where toxicants are utilized to toxic substance or quiet; resolution instances of driving impaired; and secure whether pills have been...
Forensic toxicologists have faced numerous challenges throughout the 1800’s and are still facing some of these challenges today. In Gettler’s and Norris’s time of being head of forensics in New York, they faced problems within toxicology study, and some out of toxicology. One of their main problems was metabolizing a poison and determining the lethal dose.