Pungent

... cited in Udolisa & Lebo, 1986) also identified T. vogelii as one of the plants used by fishermen of Lake Kainyi, Nigeria. T. vogelii has a pungent odour which is due to a volatile oil known as Tephrosal (Dalziel, 1937). In addition, the plant contains an active substance known as Tephrosin ...

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... on most standard laboratory media in 24 or 48 hours; therefore, bacteriologic diagnosis is usually easy. It also grows on MacConkey agar, with a pungent and earthy odor. The Ashdown medium is very effective for the recovery of B. pseudomallei from clinical specimen containing mixed bacterial ...

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... cowardice. But we all ALMOST threw up. THE SMELL was worse than a boomslang's bite. The Staffordshire needed a prompt bath and for a whole day the pungent musky deathly aroma hung around. Nuff of that. Just know about this: "The Boomslang is the most seriously venomous rear-fanged snake in ...

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