Chewing Gum and Saliva. Chewing gum stimulates one of the most powerful defense mechanisms in the body â saliva â and saliva is vital to good oral health. Saliva has three main protective functions: the water dilutes and washes away food debris; the bicarbonate neutralizes and buffers plaque acids; and.
For other uses, see Oleander (disambiguation). Nerium oleander /ËnÉªÉriÉm ËoÊliË.Ã¦ndÉr/ is shrub or small tree in the dogbane family Apocynaceae, toxic in all its parts. It is the only species currently classified in the genus Nerium. It is most commonly known as nerium or oleander, from its superficial resemblance to the unrelated olive Olea.
digitalis toxin, the oleander caterpillar relishes this plant exclusively. The adult of the oleander caterpillar is a very attractive moth that resembles a wasp with a red-tipped abdomen and its iridescent bluish/black body and wings that have white spots. Eggs are yellow-green and laid in clusters of 25-75 on the underside of leaves. When larvae hatch, they feed gregariously and skeletonize the leaves. As they grow, they tend to disperse and will consume entire leaves and flower clusters. The caterpillar is a bright, day-glow orange with black spots and long tufts of black âhairâ.