Sentences with phrase «certain chemical compounds»

The Epimedium plant is said to contain certain chemical compounds, otherwise known as flavonoids that has antioxidant properties, in addition to having phytoestrogens which have effects similar to the estrogen.

For example, the resistance of wild parsnip to webworm attack depends on when the parsnip blooms and on concentrations of certain chemical compounds with insecticidal properties found in the plant.

The team observed that warmer temperatures significantly increase production of ozone, a colorless toxic gas, due to the reactions of certain chemical compounds with nitrogen oxides — greenhouse gases that come from vehicle tailpipes and power plant smokestacks.

The high reactivity of some lysine sites also means that certain chemical compounds can make a certain type of extra-tight, effectively irreversible bond with them, known as a covalent bond.

Certain chemical compounds are a huge no - no for moms.

Some experts suggest that it's because of certain chemical compounds found in baobab fruit, such as triterpenoids, that the liver stays intact.

During this process, there is a certain chemical compound released called a «ketone body.»

Not exact matches

Food are generally composed of chemical and biochemical compounds which may exposed each other or to the certain environmental conditions and resulting in the new food compounds.

Studies of farm laborers who worked with the compound showed rates of certain cancers double to eight times the national average, but those exposures were intermittent and not exclusive, because workers handle many types of chemicals.

Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered novel compounds produced by certain types of chemical reactions — such as those found in vehicle exhaust or grilling meat — that are hundreds of times more mutagenic than their parent compounds which are known carcinogens.

This statistical analysis, he notes, «revealed how confident we can be that certain compounds were indeed produced in greater amounts by infected individuals and that mosquitoes had enhanced attraction to these chemicals.»

Intrigued by the ability of certain polymers to mop up DNA and RNA for gene transfer, Sullenger and colleagues tested the idea that these chemical compounds might also be effective targeting such nucleic acids as they arise in cell death.

Each spectrometer was tasked with collecting a certain set of data throughout the elapsed reaction, like tracking specific ranges of chemical compounds.

Chemical compounds that affect the functioning of genes can bind to our genetic material, turning certain genes on or off.

Dirty laundry smells bad because of certain chemicals called volatile organic compounds, which can't always be washed out on an eco-friendly 20 ˚C cycle, according to a new study in the Journal of Chromatography A.

The samples revealed that the ratios among certain «volatile organic compounds» (chemicals that can be a source of scents and odors) in the atmosphere increase or decrease along specific directions.

Steve: And the amazing thing is these researchers saw these filaments grow spontaneously from the spheres, and they had no reason to expect that, but it's also just a natural kind of structural formation that happens with these particular chemical compounds when they're in [a] certain shape.

mineral A chemical compound that is solid and stable at room temperatures and has a specific formula, or recipe (with atoms occurring in certain proportions) and a specific crystalline structure (meaning that its atoms are organized in certain regular three - dimensional patterns).

Animals require oxygen to extract energy from food, but too much of the chemical creates peril, as certain oxygen - containing compounds wreak molecular havoc.

Synephrine is a chemical compound found in certain types of citrus fruits (particularly the bitter variety).

The European Union, after seeing studies that showed the dangerous chemical changes these repeated cooking cycles had on the oils, now prohibit the reuse of such oils after they reach certain levels of these dangerous compounds (2).

Best of all, they have identified certain natural nutrients and compounds which are able to stop or slow down those fat storage causing chemicals and processes.

Putrescine is a chemical compound of decay that contributes to the smell of putrefying flesh, and the fishy odor of certain vaginal infections.

Scientists are still looking into why this is, but one promising line of research has found that some people have high levels of a certain type of intestinal bacteria that interacts with chemicals in soy to produce an estrogen - like compound called equol.

Oxalates (ethanedioate) are chemical compounds that are found naturally in certain plants.

These compounds decrease certain chemicals that tighten blood vessels so more blood flows smoothly through them allowing the heart to pump blood more efficiently.

The mushroom known as Turkey Tail (which can be spotted growing on decaying logs in the Pacific Northwest) has been found to contain certain unique chemical compounds that inhibit growth of cancer cells.