In the 1960s, scientists studying the venom of a Brazilian pit viper found a compound that lowered blood pressure, and it led to captopril, one of the first widely used blood pressure pills, approved in the US in 1981
- (Image credit: Wikimedia Commons)Long before modern medical science emerged, nature held answers to healing, protection and healthy living within its bounds.
- Across several communities and spiritual cosmologies, the natural world has been viewed as the guide for the human world, as have the species that reside in it.
- Among the myriad spcies that have been a major subject of scientifc study, the animal venom has held serious importance.
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- (Image credit: Wikimedia Commons)Long before modern medical science emerged, nature held answers to healing, protection and healthy living within its bounds.
- Across several communities and spiritual cosmologies, the natural world has been viewed as the guide for the human world, as have the species that reside in it.
- Among the myriad spcies that have been a major subject of scientifc study, the animal venom has held serious importance.
Sources: Times of India