Spider-Women has no lasting effects from any form of metabolism-altering chemical substances, including non-corrosive poisons, alcohol, and other drugs. After an exposure to a given substance (which would induce in her a short period of sickness or weakness), her body would metabolize and protect itself against the foreign substance.

 

Spider-Women’s metabolism.

Metabolism is the sum of all the chemical processes in the body. In order

for spider-Women to cope with toxins and poisons her metabolism must

be extremely quick, particularly her catabolism.

 

Catabolism refers to chemical reactions that result in the breakdown of more complex organic molecules into simpler substances. So for Spider-Women when a dangerous complex chemical is introduced into her body she is able to very quickly break the chemical down into harmless smaller chemicals.

 

Spider-Women also has the ability to create pheromones that can create fear, elicit attraction and/or repulsion on others. This is the other half of metabolism called Anabolism in which new complex molecules are produced from smaller molecules.