Scopolamine is a first-line medication for prevention of motion sickness and should be administered transdermally several hours before the anticipated motion exposure. First-generation antihistamines, although sedating, are also effective.
Mycolic acid. Mycolic acids are long fatty acids found in the cell walls of the mycolata taxon, a group of bacteria that includes Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of the disease tuberculosis. They form the major component of the cell wall of mycolata species.
CELL WALL-two major types of bacterial cell walls were recognized through the gram stain. GRAM POSITIVE CELL WALL-has a thick peptidoglycan layer. Also contains teichoic acids linked to either the peptidoglycan or to the underlying plasma membrane.