Sentences with phrase «because of the active compound»

Reaching for turmeric when you have a cold makes perfect sense because of the active compound, curcumin, that keeps your inflammation in check.

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It's no news that curcumin, turmeric's main active ingredient, is one of the most potent anti-cancerous, and anti-inflamatory natural compounds, but simply ingesting turmeric will not be very beneficial, because the human body has a hard time absorbing curcumin on its own.

Crystalline suspensions are attractive formulations to store and administer active pharmaceutical compounds because of their long - term shelf life, low solvent viscosity, and slow dissolution rate.

Because only one enantiomer of a pharmaceutical (drug) is likely to be therapeutically active, chemists have devised strategies for preparing chemical compounds of only one enantiomer.

Likewise, flaxseed oil (Linum usitatissimum) has also been extensively used for this purpose, although its human consumption remains controversial because of the potential toxicity of linamarin, one of its active compounds.

Because we focus entirely on medicinal mushrooms, we have been able to identify the active compounds in our products with an aggressive program of research and development.

Most of these compounds are active in the human brain because they can stimulate the serotonin receptor.