Because ScienceWhat’s Inside Dragon Ball Z’s Senzu Beans?facebookCreated with Sketch.RedditCreated with Sketch.LinkedinCreated with Sketch.EmailCreated with Sketch.PocketCreated with Sketch.FlipboardCreated with Sketch.How exactly do the senzu beans in Dragon Ball work? Kyle takes a closer look at those magical healing plants in this week’s episode of Because Science!Learn More: Medicinal plants: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicinal_plants#Phytochemical_basis Overview of plants in medicine: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK464488/ Senzu bean: https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Senzu_Bean Caffeine enhancing performance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine#Enhancing_performance Morphine pharmacodynamics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphine#Pharmacology Caffeine and exercise/performance: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2019/03/29/bjsports-2018-100278 Plantago major: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantago_major#Other_uses Plantago major in modern phytotherapy: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5878035/09.12.2019facebookCreated with Sketch.RedditCreated with Sketch.LinkedinCreated with Sketch.EmailCreated with Sketch.PocketCreated with Sketch.FlipboardCreated with Sketch.
