Most Delicious Poison by Noah Whiteman

24/10/2023 11h 8min
Most Delicious Poison by Noah Whiteman

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Title: Most Delicious Poison
Author: Noah Whiteman
Narrator: Noah Whiteman
Format: mp3
Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
Release date: 10-24-23
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 122 ratings
Genres: Chemistry
Publisher's Summary:
Scratch beneath the surface of a coffee bean, a red pepper flake, a poppy seed, a mold spore, a foxglove leaf, a magic-mushroom cap, a marijuana bud, or an apple seed, and we find a bevy of strange chemicals. We use these to greet our days (caffeine), titillate our tongues (capsaicin), recover from surgery (opioids), cure infections (penicillin), mend our hearts (digoxin), bend our minds (psilocybin), calm our nerves (CBD), and even kill our enemies (cyanide). But why do plants and fungi produce such chemicals? And how did we come to use and abuse some of them?