Sentences with phrase «mimic plant hormones»

Through trial and error, Zimmerman and colleagues identified several compounds that mimicked the plant hormone auxin.

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.

Not exact matches

Soy: Contains phytoestrogen, a plant - derived compound that mimics your own estrogen, interferes with your estrogen receptors, and disrupts your body's hormones.

Named «quinabactin» by the researchers, the chemical mimics a naturally occurring stress hormone in plants that helps the plants cope with drought conditions.

Besides being useful for propagating plant cuttings, these hormones, and the compounds that mimic them, have additional uses for research.

Particular actives are removed from certain plants that mimic the hormone receptors.This is leaning a little towards the pharmaceutical approach, which uses only the most potent actives and not the plant as a whole.

Plant - based diets can also mimic other benefits of caloric restriction, such as improving levels of the «fountain of youth» hormone, DHEA.