You made your own colorful dye out of crushed bugs and water! The cochineal (koh-chin-eel) bug (Dactylopius coccus) is a scale insect that lives on cactuses in the Southwestern United States and South ...
Anthraquinone and acemannan, the main active compounds in aloe vera, have antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus and Strepto coccus species, and may provide a rationale for their ...
Contamination that might occur from a common MDI canister protocol would seem to come from the surface of the canister, not the medication itself. This risk could be mitigated by good hand washing ...