Sentences with phrase «plant chemicals called»

The heart - shaped Hachiya persimmons are astringent, meaning they are very high in plant chemicals called tannins that give the unripe fruit a dry, bitter taste.

By juicing your fruits and vegetables you are also absorbing important enzymes and plant chemicals called phyto chemicals to help you stay healthy.

Plant chemicals called phytochemicals can reduce inflammation and eliminate carcinogens, while others regulate the rate at which your cells reproduce, get rid of old cells and maintain DNA.

That means unprocessed, unrefined, real food and high in powerful anti-inflammatory plant chemicals called phytonutrients.

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Plutonium and uranium are converted into chemical compounds called oxides, and mixed together in fuel rods for civilian nuclear power plants.

If your baby has diarrhea and is vomiting and you think he may have swallowed some kind of nonfood item like a medication, chemical, or plant, call the Poison Control Center right away (800-222-1222).

Indian Point, which is 24 miles outside of New York City, has been in the spotlight this week for an accidental leak of a chemical called tritium into the groundwater near the plant.

-- Charlene Colchester, via e-mail Bhopal should have been a wake up call, but it is unclear whether chemical plants around the world are any safer a quarter century after the December 1984 disaster — during which some 40 tons of toxic methyl isocyanate gas leaked from a pesticide plant owned by Union Carbide (now part of Dow Chemical), killing 2,259 people immediately and causing lifelong health problems and premature death for tens of thousanchemical plants around the world are any safer a quarter century after the December 1984 disaster — during which some 40 tons of toxic methyl isocyanate gas leaked from a pesticide plant owned by Union Carbide (now part of Dow Chemical), killing 2,259 people immediately and causing lifelong health problems and premature death for tens of thousanChemical), killing 2,259 people immediately and causing lifelong health problems and premature death for tens of thousands more.

For four decades, from 1929 until 1971, a Monsanto plant in West Anniston produced chemicals called PCBs, polychlorinated biphenyls.

Like many plants, when tobacco is damaged — by hungry herbivores or otherwise — it gives off chemicals called green leaf volatiles (GLVs).

These include a plant - produced chemical called resveratrol, which spurs cells to increase production of sirtuins, the proteins that promote cell survival.

In recent years, scientists have identified a host of compounds called chemical elicitors — found, for example, in insect saliva — that can limit plant defenses, including the production of bad - tasting compounds that ward off herbivores.

The Hybractor plant is a so - called «hybrid anaerobic reactor» which uses anaerobic microorganisms to break down the organic chemicals in wastewater.

Using just one tropical plant called a bromeliad, scientists were able to remove 80 % of six different compounds from the air in a small, sealed container, they reported today at the American Chemical Society's annual meeting.

When plants start manufacturing betalains, the first step is conversion of tyrosine into an intermediate product, the chemical called L - dopa.

Tomato plants produce repellent chemicals called volatile organic compounds in response to herbivore attacks.

Plants make a huge variety of chemicals, called polyphenols, from resveratrol to protect themselves against invaders, particularly fungi.

Photosynthesis, the process by which plants, algae, and select bacteria convert the sun's light energy into chemical energy, takes place in a cellular organelle called the chloroplast.

Synthetic marijuana, sometimes called «Spice,» is made with shredded plant material coated with chemicals that are designed to mimic THC, the psychoactive compound found naturally in marijuana.

Among his proudest accomplishments: helping the agency develop a set of numbers called emission factors — values that enable regulators to estimate atmospheric discharges from power plants, oil refineries, chemical plants and other industrial operations.

In a normal coffee plant, enzymes add methyl groups to a chemical called xanthosine, converting it into caffeine.

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Like vehicles and power plants, trees emit airborne chemicals called volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which in the presence of sunlight react with nitrogen oxides in vehicle fumes to form ozone, one of the components in smog that makes it a health threat.

Naturally made in grapes as a reaction to environmental stress (drought, for instance), resveratrol is one of several related chemicals, called polyphenols, that plants produce.

But some bacteria have evolved a counter strategy — injecting special proteins that suppress the plant's immune response by adding small, disabling chemical tags called acetyl groups to immune molecules.

The work, led by Dr Jurriaan Ton and Dr Estrella Luna at the University of Sheffield, has identified the key receptor binding a chemical called BABA (β - aminobutyric acid) which is boosting plant immunity.

Many plants use a group of chemicals called sinapate esters to defend against the sun while they absorb light for photosynthesis.

On paper, the method is basic high - school chemistry: The Squamish plant sucks air into a device called a contactor, where it reacts with a chemical solution that absorbs about three - quarters of the air's carbon, by volume.

As other plants detect the chemicals, they crowdsource a solution: producing mass amounts of deterrent chemical compounds, just in case the pests come calling.

Other higher - tech options include using chemicals to absorb CO2 from the air, or burning plants for energy and capturing the CO2 that would otherwise be released, then storing it permanently deep below the ground, called bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS).

Also known by its chemical name, Indole -3-butyric Acid (IBA), Hormodin works by mimicking a plant hormone called auxin that regulates many aspects of plant growth.

Results: To turn bio-ethanol into chemicals that are typically made from petroleum, researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Washington State University have developed a new catalyst material that will convert the plant - derived alcohol into a chemical called isobutene.

«All of these nematodes speak the same chemical language,» through the use of compounds called ascarosides, said study co-author Frank Schroeder, a research scientist at the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) for Plant Research and adjunct assistant professor in Cornell's Department of Chemistry and Chemical chemical language,» through the use of compounds called ascarosides, said study co-author Frank Schroeder, a research scientist at the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) for Plant Research and adjunct assistant professor in Cornell's Department of Chemistry and Chemical Chemical Biology.

Susan Amara, USA - «Regulation of transporter function and trafficking by amphetamines, Structure - function relationships in excitatory amino acid transporters (EAATs), Modulation of dopamine transporters (DAT) by GPCRs, Genetics and functional analyses of human trace amine receptors» Tom I. Bonner, USA (Past Core Member)- Genomics, G protein coupled receptors Michel Bouvier, Canada - Molecular Pharmacology of G protein - Coupled Receptors; Molecular mechanisms controlling the selectivity and efficacy of GPCR signalling Thomas Burris, USA - Nuclear Receptor Pharmacology and Drug Discovery William A. Catterall, USA (Past Core Member)- The Molecular Basis of Electrical Excitability Steven Charlton, UK - Molecular Pharmacology and Drug Discovery Moses Chao, USA - Mechanisms of Neurotophin Receptor Signaling Mark Coles, UK - Cellular differentiation, human embryonic stem cells, stromal cells, haematopoietic stem cells, organogenesis, lymphoid microenvironments, develomental immunology Steven L. Colletti, USA Graham L Collingridge, UK Philippe Delerive, France - Metabolic Research (diabetes, obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver, cardio - vascular diseases, nuclear hormone receptor, GPCRs, kinases) Sir Colin T. Dollery, UK (Founder and Past Core Member) Richard M. Eglen, UK Stephen M. Foord, UK David Gloriam, Denmark - GPCRs, databases, computational drug design, orphan recetpors Gillian Gray, UK Debbie Hay, New Zealand - G protein - coupled receptors, peptide receptors, CGRP, Amylin, Adrenomedullin, Migraine, Diabetes / obesity Allyn C. Howlett, USA Franz Hofmann, Germany - Voltage dependent calcium channels and the positive inotropic effect of beta adrenergic stimulation; cardiovascular function of cGMP protein kinase Yu Huang, Hong Kong - Endothelial and Metabolic Dysfunction, and Novel Biomarkers in Diabetes, Hypertension, Dyslipidemia and Estrogen Deficiency, Endothelium - derived Contracting Factors in the Regulation of Vascular Tone, Adipose Tissue Regulation of Vascular Function in Obesity, Diabetes and Hypertension, Pharmacological Characterization of New Anti-diabetic and Anti-hypertensive Drugs, Hypotensive and antioxidant Actions of Biologically Active Components of Traditional Chinese Herbs and Natural Plants including Polypehnols and Ginsenosides Adriaan P. IJzerman, The Netherlands - G protein - coupled receptors; allosteric modulation; binding kinetics Michael F Jarvis, USA - Purines and Purinergic Receptors and Voltage-gated ion channel (sodium and calcium) pharmacology Pain mechanisms Research Reproducibility Bong - Kiun Kaang, Korea - G protein - coupled receptors; Glutamate receptors; Neuropsychiatric disorders Eamonn Kelly, Prof, UK - Molecular Pharmacology of G protein - coupled receptors, in particular opioid receptors, regulation of GPCRs by kinasis and arrestins Terry Kenakin, USA - Drug receptor pharmacodynamics, receptor theory Janos Kiss, Hungary - Neurodegenerative disorders, Alzheimer's disease Stefan Knapp, Germany - Rational design of highly selective inhibitors (so call chemical probes) targeting protein kinases as well as protein interaction inhibitors of the bromodomain family Andrew Knight, UK Chris Langmead, Australia - Drug discovery, GPCRs, neuroscience and analytical pharmacology Vincent Laudet, France (Past Core Member)- Evolution of the Nuclear Receptor / Ligand couple Margaret R. MacLean, UK - Serotonin, endothelin, estrogen, microRNAs and pulmonary hyperten Neil Marrion, UK - Calcium - activated potassium channels, neuronal excitability Fiona Marshall, UK - GPCR molecular pharmacology, structure and drug discovery Alistair Mathie, UK - Ion channel structure, function and regulation, pain and the nervous system Ian McGrath, UK - Adrenoceptors; autonomic transmission; vascular pharmacology Graeme Milligan, UK - Structure, function and regulation of G protein - coupled receptors Richard Neubig, USA (Past Core Member)- G protein signaling; academic drug discovery Stefan Offermanns, Germany - G protein - coupled receptors, vascular / metabolic signaling Richard Olsen, USA - Structure and function of GABA - A receptors; mode of action of GABAergic drugs including general anesthetics and ethanol Jean - Philippe Pin, France (Past Core Member)- GPCR - mGLuR - GABAB - structure function relationship - pharmacology - biophysics Helgi Schiöth, Sweden David Searls, USA - Bioinformatics Graeme Semple, USA - GPCR Medicinal Chemistry Patrick M. Sexton, Australia - G protein - coupled receptors Roland Staal, USA - Microglia and neuroinflammation in neuropathic pain and neurological disorders Bart Staels, France - Nuclear receptor signaling in metabolic and cardiovascular diseases Katerina Tiligada, Greece - Immunopharmacology, histamine, histamine receptors, hypersensitivity, drug allergy, inflammation Georg Terstappen, Germany - Drug discovery for neurodegenerative diseases with a focus on AD Mary Vore, USA - Activity and regulation of expression and function of the ATP - binding cassette (ABC) transporters

Hormone - Containing Foods — hormones, xenoestrogens (chemical forms of estrogens), and phytoestrogens (in foods and plants) all can lead to a condition called estrogen dominance.

The reason for this is many the health benefits associated with green tea come from chemicals found in the plant called polyphenols.

All seeds (or more properly «fruits»), whether they be cereals, legumes, nuts, or what conventionally call «seeds», contain a host of natural plant chemicals that serve to discourage predation by animals.

Remember that essential oils are potent and contain natural plant chemicals, don't be confused by what the oil is called.

Pumpkin seeds, which are naturally rich in certain plant - based chemicals called phytosterols, have been shown in studies to reduce LDL or «bad» cholesterol.

Concentrated in the root of the ginseng plant are chemicals called ginsenosides, which can boost the immune system, stimulate the central nervous system and protect against the effects of stress.

There are, in fact, in most healing plants or foods hundreds of compounds orchestrated by the intelligent «invisible hand» of God or «Nature,» or whatever you wish to call it, and which can never be reduced to the activity of a singularly quantifiable phytocompound or chemical.

Goitrins, thiocyanates, and nitriles are all goitrogenic chemicals derived from natural plant pesticides called glucosinolates.

Today, SEGA revealed two things for Sonic Forces: a brand Wispon (the Drill Wispon) and the a new stage (called Chemical Plant)!

This is because of a green - colored chemical called chlorophyll, the chemical that lets plants absorb useful energy from sunlight.

Unlike their chemical equivalents, these organic fertilizers don't kill bugs or plants — instead, they encourage so - called good bugs.

A product's odor absorption capabilities lie in its ingredients — some materials like paper, plant and vegetable matter, and certain types of wood, are naturally more absorbent, while additives like baking soda and green tea (which contains a chemical called catechin) are natural deodorizers and are very effective at suppressing offensive bacteria.

above 250 F for plant - based foods will form the cancer - causing chemical called Acrylamide.

The cannabis plant has over 60 chemicals called cannabinoids.

In 2013 the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center fielded 18,000 calls about possible poisonings from toxic plants, compost, and yard and garden chemicals.

The oil within the stems and leaves of the Nepeta cataria plant contains a special chemical called nepetalactone.