Sentences with phrase «broken by chemical»

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Like tobacco, it is usually smoked, not eaten, so any chemicals used on the plant are often inhaled directly into the lungs, and make their way directly into the bloodstream without being metabolized, or broken down, by the digestive system.

We all know by now that if the atomic combinations break down, or if the proper chemical reactions fail to take place, the cell will die or the brain (in which thought seems to dwell) will fail to function, and «mind» will be impaired or it may vanish altogether.

The technology can be used wherever industry has a biological waste stream or wastewater with high organic carbon or COD (chemical oxygen demand) of natural origin that can be broken down into biogas by anaerobic bacteria.

The anaerobic wastewater biogas technologies — which extract methane to generate green electricity or to fuel boilers and other factory equipment — are particularly applicable to food, beverage and agribusiness companies, or any industry that has a biological waste stream or wastewater with high organic carbon or COD (chemical oxygen demand) of natural origin that can be broken down into biogas by anaerobic bacteria.

The human body isn't designed to break down chemicals so much of it is passed through the digestive system, rather than being absorbed by the body, making it less effective.

Not only is organic cotton healthier than conventional cotton, but it also feels softer because the threads have not been broken down or damaged by chemicals used in their growing process.

One is a lithium - sulphur battery that stores and releases energy by forming and breaking chemical bonds, instead of slotting ions into structural gaps.

They found that the floating beads picked up a chemical called dimethyl sulfide (DMS), a byproduct given off by algae and other microorganisms as they break down (usually when they're being eaten).

When the human body breaks down a foreign substance, one can typically find chemical by - products in hair or urine that provide clues about how it has interacted with cells.

Like chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and several other ozone - destroying chemicals you may have heard of, CH2Cl2 breaks apart when struck by sunlight.

For example, the research team demonstrated that their technology could be applied to the production of biofuels, by utilizing their technology to guide an enzymatic cascade, a series of chemical reactions, to break down a plant fiber.

The brief magnetic pulses observed prior to some moderate - sized earthquakes might be triggered by chemical bonds breaking in rocks under stress (such as those deep beneath the San Andreas fault, shown).

Some rice plants have evolved a leg up on their microbial adversaries by breaking the chemical code bacteria use to communicate.

By using isotopic tracers called stable isotopes, researchers showed that seabirds feeding in areas rich in sulfate (a chemical that is an important food for sulfate - reducing bacteria that help break down organic matter) had high levels of mercury.

Because nitric oxide breaks down very quickly, as soon as the chemical is no longer being produced, the oxygen molecules are again trapped by the mitochondria and are not available for the production of light.

The fraudsters sidestep these problems by breaking the pectins into shorter fragments using enzymes — the chemical equivalent of shredding the evidence.

«We are not very good at predicting or measuring how quickly chemicals are being broken down by organisms,» Gobas admits.»

And, unfortunately, the microbes» speed is limited not by the availability of oil — or even its droplet size, which is why chemical dispersants have been used to break up the oil into microbe - friendly globules — but by the availability of various nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus that wash into the ocean via rivers carrying sediments from the continents.

Current coatings to prevent fouling by marine organisms include toxic chemicals, and become ineffective after a short time because the additives in the coatings break down rapidly in sea water.

The total chemical count could reach as high as 10,000 worldwide, Gobas says, though he stresses that most, if not all, will prove benign because many may be broken down by cellular processes.

Nearly all of the thousands of different chemical substances produced by people, animals, plants, fungi, algae or microorganisms on the ground or in the oceans react quickly with OH and break down in this process.

Antidotes to OP exposure reactivate AChE by directly breaking its chemical bond with the OP.

When combined with hydrogen peroxide, TAMLs neutralize many contaminants by breaking their chemical bonds.

By adapting that active ingredient, company scientists developed Sea - Nine, a chemical that kills marine organisms by reacting with their own chemistry, breaking down into nonhazardous components in the procesBy adapting that active ingredient, company scientists developed Sea - Nine, a chemical that kills marine organisms by reacting with their own chemistry, breaking down into nonhazardous components in the procesby reacting with their own chemistry, breaking down into nonhazardous components in the process.

The scientists investigated a chemical reaction that involved breaking carbon - to - iodine bonds in the organic molecule iodobenzene, by means of metallic copper, a common catalyst.

The ground breaking research, conducted by scientists at the University of Sheffield, revealed why plants using C4 photosynthesis — a complex set of structural and chemical adaptations that have evolved more than 60 times to boost carbon uptake compared to the ancestral C3 plants — grow so rapidly.

Now researchers may have found a way to combat this waste buildup by using a genetically engineered microbe that resists radioactivity and breaks down chemicals at the sites.

Mansur Yalpani and his colleagues at the NutraSweet Company in Mount Prospect, Illinois, believe their non-ionic polyhydroxylic compounds will not be broken down in the gut, so none of their energy will be absorbed by the body (Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1992, p 1604).

In the deep gold mines of South Africa, and under the sea, at hydrothermal vents where breaks in the fissure of Earth's surface that release geothermally heated waters — hydrogen - rich fluids host complex microbial communities that are nurtured by the chemicals dissolved in the fluids.

Alkenones, fats produced by a specific class of aquatic algae, manage to retain a stable viscosity under changing temperatures by building or breaking chemical bonds.

Chemical reactions can also be directly manipulated: Using a laser pulse can alter the course of a reaction — even chemical bonds can be broken by stopping the charge shift at a certain location in the mChemical reactions can also be directly manipulated: Using a laser pulse can alter the course of a reaction — even chemical bonds can be broken by stopping the charge shift at a certain location in the mchemical bonds can be broken by stopping the charge shift at a certain location in the molecule.

They have contributed ground - breaking chemical knowledge of how the cell can regulate the presence of a certain protein by marking unwanted proteins with a label consisting of the polypeptide ubiquitin.

DEIMOS breaks the visible wavelengths of objects into spectra, which the team used to reverse - engineer the ages of the globular clusters by comparing the chemical composition of the globular clusters with the chemical composition of the Universe as it changes with time.

The author doses the report by advocating that the precautionary principle be used in international «agreements and treaties, in government policies (taxing dangerous chemicals and giving tax breaks), and in corporate practices.

Oxygen «consumes» methane by breaking it down in various chemical reactions.

Varga's research focuses on the interaction of lasers and matter at the atomic scale and is part of the new field of attosecond science — an attosecond is a billion billionths of a second — that is allowing scientists to study extremely short - lived phenomena such as the making and breaking of chemical bonds and tracking the real - time motion of electrons within semiconductors by probing them with attosecond pulses of laser light.

The latter events left behind distinctive rock - sequences typically consisting of tillites (ancient boulder - clay, now solid rock) representing ice - deposited debris, overlain with a depositional break by cap - carbonates (chemical sediments of marine origin deposited during interglacials following global sea - level rises).

Some of its main responsibilities is to clean the blood by getting rid of harmful chemicals produced by the body, produce a liquid called bile which helps the body break down fat from food and store the carbs in the form glycogen.

Flavonoids help maintain a healthy collagen structure by (1) decreasing blood vessel permeability, thereby decreasing the influx of inflammatory mediators into areas of damage; (2) preventing free radical damage by means of their potent antioxidant properties; (3) inhibiting damage to collagen tissue caused by enzymes that break down collagen; (4) inhibiting the release of inflammatory chemicals; and (5) reinforcing the natural cross-linking of collagen fibers to make them stronger.

Cabbage supports healthy and regular bowel movement and enhances digestive health by enhancing the process of breaking down chemicals and flushing them out of the body.

One of the most terribly underrated vegetables, Artichokes support the liver function by increasing its production of bile, a chemical compound that helps break down foods.

All exfoliants can be categorized into one of two camps: physical exfoliants, characterized by a grainy consistency and the ability to physically slough off dead, flaky skin, and chemical exfoliants, which contain a combination of acids and enzymes that gently break down dead skin, excess oil, and product buildup at the skin's surface.

«When cell walls are broken by blending or chopping, a chemical reaction occurs that converts glucosinolates to isothiocyanates (ITCs)-- compounds with proven anti-cancer activities,» Dr Furhman writes for The Kind Life.

The researchers discovered when green tea is broken down by gut enzymes, the resulting chemicals are in fact more effective against the main triggers of the development of Alzheimer's compared to the undigested form of the tea.

When the reduction is initiated by either heat or synthetic chemicals, 50 % of the molecules break to the left (which may be toxic or unhealthful at the very least) and 50 % to the right.

It breaks down some of the toxic chemicals in plastic, recommends plastic alternatives, and points to products that are certified eco-friendly by the Plastic Pollution Coalition, an organization that seeks to reduce the amount of plastic in the environment, and deemed safe by the Made Safe label.

These two chemicals are broken down by a number of enzymes.

Touched on above, a more direct benefit from a detox is that it can help protect your liver from the strain caused by breaking down chemicals such as alcohol.

Several products with HFCS were tested by an agricultural research group which found this toxic chemical and discovered that HMF breaks down into other substances even more deadly.