October 20, 2009
The Deadly Mamba as a Lifesaver
Mother Nature has provided a rich source of raw materials for a host of important drugs: aspirin comes from willow tree bark; the blood pressure drug captopril from the venom of a pit viper; warfarin, the widely used blood thinner, was derived from moldy sweet clover…  That’s the hope, at least, of John Burnett, […]
Tags: captopril, heart failure