Sentences with word «alkaloid»

According to medical researchers, ashwagandha's powerful relaxation properties are due to a unique group of alkaloids called withanolides.

Recently, reports of the toxic effects of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in comfrey have led some herbalists to be wary of using it internally.

Leaves from the Coca Plant contain alkaloids which helps bring oxygen into your blood, helping your body avoid the effects of altitude sickness.

Berberine is a powerful plant alkaloid found in barberry, goldenseal, Oregon grape and other plant species.

All parts of the plant contain a toxic alkaloid called gelsemium.

These foods contain alkaloids which cause problems for some people.

Hydergine: an ergot alkaloid extract originally developed to improve blood flow in the brains of stroke victims and people with epilepsy.

It is possible to remove the pyrrolizidine alkaloids from butterbur products.

Severe gastrointestinal upset is the most common symptom, but CNS symptoms are also possible since the plant can contain some of the same toxic alkaloids as nightshade.

ALKALOID CONTAINING PLANTS Alkaloid containing plants have a wide range of pharmacological effects, some more powerful than others.

Other compounds in damiana extracts include alkaloids, plant sterols and saponins, some of which may have antistress effects in humans and animals.

We use two innovative nutrient delivery systems - liposomal delivery and black pepper fruit extract - to allow the body to absorb levels of turmeric alkaloids miles better than what any other turmeric product can offer.

The newly discovered fumisoquin synthesis pathway shows that there was a parallel development for the production of isoquinoline alkaloid compounds in both groups of organisms.

Next, the team computationally designed a new variant of the enzyme that catalyzes the formation of quinolone alkaloids with the modified substrate.

The active principle that causes the heat in chile peppers is a crystalline alkaloid generically called capsaicin.

It also contains alkaloids such as caffeine, although in lower quantities than black tea, which gives its stimulating properties.

The vinca alkaloids known as vinblastine and vincristine are widely used in chemotherapy to treat a variety of cancers in humans and animals.

Lupin poisoning is a nervous syndrome caused by alkaloids in bitter lupins, similar to neurolathyrism.

Circutol is an extremely poisonous alkaloid which produces serious central nervous system disruption and death

Experimental evidence further suggests that some of the secondary medicinal benefits of California poppy may lie in other alkaloid compounds, such as californidine and escholtzine, which are named for the plant.

The family of isoquinoline alkaloids contains many pharmacologically active molecules.

Tulips (Tulipa spp.) contain allergenic lactones while hyacinths (Hyacinthus orientalis) contain similar alkaloids.

For example, their structure of sodium chloride and those of related alkaloid salts revealed that crystals could be made up of repeating atomic lattices rather than molecular ones.

Herbs Herbs that contain the active alkaloid constituent berberine, such as Goldenseal and Oregon grape.

In fact, caffeine, theophylline, and theobromine all belong to the same class of xanthine alkaloids producing a strikingly similar effect.

The natural alkaloid compound named haemanthamine binds to ribosomes, a nanomachine that synthesizes proteins in the body.

There are many varieties of lupine but most of them have seeds containing 1 - 2 % bitter alkaloids, which are toxic, and thus these seeds require treatment to make them safe for consumption.

It is a xanthine alkaloid found naturally in coffee beans, tea, kola nuts, Yerba mate, guarana berries, and in cacao beans.

The crops were analysed for heavy metals and also alkaloids to check their safety for human consumption.

Although not truly nightshades, blueberries, huckleberries, goji berries and ashwaganda all share the same alkaloids which may have inflammation - inducing properties.

This yellow alkaloid derived from plants such as the European barberry, goldenthread and the Oregon grape can lower both insulin levels and blood sugar levels, seemingly by increasing insulin sensitivity.

Even small amounts of theobromine, a naturally occurring alkaloid found in the cocoa bean, can cause vomiting and restlessness in pets.

This unique combination of alkaloid herbs avoids healthy tissues and attacks mutated cancer cells instead.

Studies have identified alkaloids present in maca which are known to nourish the endocrine system.

Residue analyses show that between 1600 and 1000 B.C.E., people poured opium alkaloids into pots crafted in the shape of the seed capsule of the opium poppy, in what Collard calls «prehistoric commodity branding.»

All parts of the plant contain tropane alkaloids including atropine and scopalamine.

This will accelerate the process of your body ridding itself of alkaloid nicotine from your bloodstream, as well as helping to stabilize blood sugars.

«There is a threat,» said Tasmanian Alkaloids field operator Rick Rockliff, whose factory in the state's northwest processes around 80 percent of the world's thebaine poppies, the main ingredient in slow - release pain medication.

Yohimbe extracts constitute many alkaloids, with yohimbine being only 10 to 15 % in quantity.

These products contain varying amounts of the ephedra alkaloids ephedrine and pseudoephedrine; when combined with St. John's wort, supplements containing these chemicals are supposed to help a person with weight loss.

Ephedrine alkaloids, which are directly linked to the side effects of country mallow, have been banned by the FDA in 2004.

-- Eliminate stimulants (alcohol, smoking, anything wth caffeine or other similar harmful alkaloids: coffee, tea, green tea, mate, yerba mate, cola, chocolate, etc.).

The root of the problem is that chocolate contains various chemicals which are called methylxanthine alkaloids (some types have more of these chemicals than others).

Even the ayahuasca vine with no DMT (the active ingredient that creates hallucinations and is considered illegal in the United States) has powerful alkaloids called harmine and harmaline, which can increase neuron growth and enhance short - term memory.

Specifically, they determined this by studying the biogenesis of hapalindole - type alkaloid welwitindolinones in stigonematalean cyanobacteria.

by Dave DeWitt The active principle that causes the heat in chile peppers is a crystalline alkaloid generically called capsaicin.

From your book I have learned that the crystalline alkaloid makeup of all chile peppers is exactly the same with...