About 17% of adolescents (12-19 years of age) and children (6-11 years of age) are obese in the United States according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. These numbers have continued to increase since at least the early 1990s. Pediatric obesity represents one of our greatest health challenges.
Licorice root has been used in skin care for millennia. According to the National Cancer Institute it has, potential anti-inflammatory, antioxidant...activities. Licochalcone is a molecule contained in licorice root extract which helps control oil production, and is anti-bacterial as well as anti-inflammatory.
Digoxin is the only available preparation of digitalis in the United States. Digitalis is a plant-derived cardiac glycoside commonly used in the treatment of congestive heart failure (CHF), atrial fibrillation, and reentrant supraventricular tachycardia.While one has more toxic effects they are the same drug.Cardiac Glycosidesâ Synthesized from the plant carbohydrate by hydrolysis.It has sugar and non-sugar parts. These are the glycosidic compounds with cardiotonic action. They haveâ 1. Steroid nucleus & Lactone ring (non-sugar part) 2.hile one has more toxic effects they are the same drug. Cardiac Glycosidesâ Synthesized from the plant carbohydrate by hydrolysis. It has sugar and non-sugar parts. These are the glycosidic compounds with cardiotonic action. They haveâ 1. Steroid nucleus & Lactone ring (non-sugar part) 2.