The term competitive environment refers to the number and types of companies against which a given business competes in its industry. Direct competitors are those that sell very similar goods and...
Strychnine was the first alkaloid to be identified in plants of the genus Strychnos, family Loganiaceae. Strychnos, named by Carl Linnaeus in 1753, is a genus of trees and climbing shrubs of the Gentianales order.
Strychnine is now banned, although every so often people are caught using it. You might think that athletes would balk at consuming a poison, but in the drive for glory, commonsense often gets left in the dust.