Sentences with phrase «chinese use of that plant»

«It is derived from a Chinese plant — sweet wormwood (Artemisia annua)-- and based on Chinese use of that plant as a drug,» he says.

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Beyond using this clean electricity to power homes, offices and manufacturing plants, the Chinese also view it as the fuel of choice for the growing number of vehicles hitting the road, setting a goal of putting five million «new energy» vehicles (EVs, plug - in hybrids and fuel - cell cars) on the road by 2020.

Using a Chinese ornamental chile plant with pods only 10 mm in length and a diameter of 2 - 3 mm, the author of «Das Chili Pepper Buch» and «Chili Barbecue» built a ristra that's only 3.15 inches (8 cm) long.

Coleus Amboinicus is a perennial succulent plant and has been used for centuries in Chinese cooking to treat a myriad of health conditions including chest pain, asthma, epilepsy, rashes and insomnia.

One of the best known of these derivatives is the antimalarial drug artemisinin, the biotech moniker for the sweet wormwood plant that the Chinese have been using for ages to subdue fever.?

Conover hopes that instead of using non-native invasive landscape plants like Chinese silvergrass, homeowners and horticulturists will use one of this area's beautiful native tall grasses such as prairie dropseed, little bluestem, big bluestem, switch grass or Indian grass because, «restoring the flora to its native species will enhance the biodiversity of native plants and the native animals, including butterflies that depend on them.»

And one of the fundamental plants used in Chinese medicine, Trichosanthes kirilowii, is now being investigated for its anti-HIV properties.

At the same time, the Chinese have taken the lead in producing clean energy — from topping the world in the production and installation of solar power to building an entire new series of nuclear power plants, making use of the latest technology.

Humans have reduced fevers for thousands of years; Hippocrates recommended extracts of the willow tree bark, which was later found to contain salicylic acid, better known as aspirin; Romans, Chinese, and Native Americans used other plants containing similar compounds.

Using detailed production data from a half - million Chinese manufacturing plants in the period 1998 - 2007, the research team estimated the effects of temperature on firm - level productivity, factor inputs and output.

The exome sequences of 1,535 Kronos and 1,200 Cadenza mutants have been re-sequenced using Illumina next - generation sequencing, the raw data aligned to the IWGSC Chinese Spring chromosome arm survey sequence, mutations identified, and their effects predicted based on the protein annotation available at the Ensembl Plants archive site.

We have re-sequenced the exome of 1,535 Kronos and 1,200 Cadenza mutants using Illumina next - generation sequencing, aligned this raw data to the IWGSC Chinese Spring chromosome arm survey sequence, identified mutations, and predicted their effects based on the protein annotation available at Ensembl Plants.

An herb from the flowering Chinese Golden Thread plant that is one of the fundamental herbs used in Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Dong Quai (Dang Gui, Radix Angelicae Sinensis) Dong quai (Angelica sinensis), also known as Chinese Angelica, has been used for thousands of years in traditional Chinese, Korean, and Japanese healing arts and remains one of the most popular plants in China, used primarily for health conditions in women.

Ginger Root is one of the most important plants used in Chinese herbal medicine due to its ability to remove toxins from your body.

It has been called «King of the Plants» in Chinese medicine and has been used for healing for thousands of years.

Coined by Dr. Nikolai Lazarev in 1947, the term «adaptogen» encompasses a limited variety of safe and non-toxic plants that have long been used in Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine as natural healers.

This species has a history of use in traditional Chinese medicine and although there have been anecdotal reports of benefits, there have been no clinical controlled studies to test the efficacy of this herb (herb, here referring to a general term that may be either a plant, root, mold, and in this case, a parasite.)

A very popular herb for women with PCOS, Traditional Chinese Medicine is likely the originator of using this medicinal plant.

Ancient Egyptian, Chinese, and Greek cultures used this practice of using aromatic plant extracts and essential oils for various purposes.

Synephrine is a substance found in high amounts in the bitter orange plant, which has long been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine to treat various types of health disorders.

In his Self - Portrait with Chinese Lantern Plant (1912), Schiele uses a widely varied palette of colors for his face, ear, and neck, while the remaining elements of the composition are treated flatly and monochromatically.

The presidents welcomed: (i) a grant from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency to the China Power Engineering and Consulting Group Corporation to support a feasibility study for an integrated gasification combined cycle (I.G.C.C.) power plant in China using American technology, (ii) an agreement by Missouri - based Peabody Energy to invest and participate in GreenGen, a project of several major Chinese energy companies to develop a near - zero emissions coal - fired power plant, (iii) an agreement between G.E. and Shenhua Corporation to collaborate on the development and deployment of I.G.C.C. and other clean coal technologies; and (iv) an agreement between AES and Songzao Coal and Electric Company to use methane captured from a coal mine in Chongqing, China, to generate electricity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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