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The side effects of l -DOPA may include: Hypertension, especially if the dosage is too high. Arrhythmias, although these are uncommon. Nausea, which is often reduced by taking the drug with food, although protein reduces drug absorption. l -DOPA is an amino acid, so protein competitively inhibits l -DOPA absorption.
Arthropods ( / ˈɑːrθrəpɒd / ARTH-rə-pod) [20] are invertebrates in the phylum Arthropoda. They possess an exoskeleton with a cuticle made of chitin, often mineralised with calcium carbonate, a body with differentiated ( metameric) segments, and paired jointed appendages. In order to keep growing, they must go through stages of moulting ...
Aloe vera ( / ˈæloʊ ( i) vɛrə, vɪər -/) [ 3] is a succulent plant species of the genus Aloe. [ 4] It is widely distributed, and is considered an invasive species in many world regions. [ 4][ 5] An evergreen perennial, it originates from the Arabian Peninsula, but also grows wild in tropical, semi-tropical, and arid climates around the ...
Furcraea gigantea var. mediopicta Trel. in L.H.Bailey. Furcraea foetida ( Giant Cabuya, Green-aloe or Mauritius-hemp) is a species of flowering plant native to the Caribbean and northern South America. It is widely cultivated and reportedly naturalized in many places ( India, parts of Africa, Portugal, Australia, Thailand, Florida, New Zealand ...
Plants are considered carnivorous if they have these five traits:[18] capture prey in traps. kill the captured prey. digest the captured prey. absorb nutrients from the killed and digested prey. use those nutrients to grow and develop. Other traits may include the attraction and retention of prey.
Lauraceae, or the laurels, is a plant family that includes the true laurel and its closest relatives. This family comprises about 2850 known species in about 45 genera worldwide. [ 3] They are dicotyledons, and occur mainly in warm temperate and tropical regions, especially Southeast Asia and South America.
Eurycoma longifolia. Jack [1] Eurycoma longifolia (commonly called tongkat ali, pasak bumi, or longjack) is a flowering plant in the family Simaroubaceae. It is native to Indochina (Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam) and Indonesia (the islands of Borneo and Sumatra), [2] but has also been found in the Philippines. [3]
Zamia is a genus of cycad of the family Zamiaceae, native to North America from the United States (in Georgia and Florida) throughout the West Indies, Central America, and South America as far south as Bolivia.