Sentences with phrase «plant compounds called»

One of the most important discoveries in the past decade is the action in the human body of various plant compounds called sterols.

Cocoa bean extract - Traditional chocolate is derived from the cocoa bean, which is one of the most concentrated sources of flavanols, a subgroup of the natural antioxidant plant compounds called flavonoids.

Possibly the most useful element of coconut water for acne, or rather for your skin's appearance in general, is a little known group of plant compounds called cytokinins.

But resveratrol is just one member of a whole family of plant compounds called polyphenols.

It's often used in a Mediterranean - style diet, and it delivers healthy monounsaturated fats and plant compounds called polyphenols.

In addition, research shows that berries contain certain plant compounds called flavonoids, which may increase the production of a hormone that promotes fat burning.

These teas have plant compounds called catechins which, along with caffeine, help to rev your metabolism.

Olive oil delivers healthy monounsaturated fats and plant compounds called polyphenols.

Colorful plant foods — dark greens, blues, reds, oranges and yellows — are all indicators of powerful plant compounds called phytonutrients that turn on anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, detoxifying genes.

These little peppers derive their heat from a natural plant compound called capsaicin, which offers powerful health benefits such as reducing inflammation and decreasing hard - to - lose belly fat.

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Plutonium and uranium are converted into chemical compounds called oxides, and mixed together in fuel rods for civilian nuclear power plants.

Read this AWESOME article on new research that shows a compound in plants called apigenin could stop breast cancer cells from becoming resistant to cell death.

Soy contains a group of phytoestrogens (compounds found in plants that mimic the activity of oestrogen) called isoflavones, but the isoflavone content of a soy protein isolate depends on the method used to isolate it.

The team had earlier figured out that the basic starting material for bioluminescence in these fungi is a compound called hispidin, found in some other fungi as well as plants such as...

That's because it comes from plants, which are prolific producers of polyphenols, antioxidant compounds believed to mop up so - called free radicals, very reactive molecules that can damage DNA.

The team discovered that a compound called glutathione — found in animal and plant tissues, including those of worms and humans — plays a very different role in redox than originally thought.

Voit researches what controls the production of a plant wall — toughening compound called lignin.

The compound, called gavinone in honor of its codiscoverer, is produced when cellulose, the sugar that makes up the cell walls of all plants, burns.

Instead of just letting scent compounds waft into the air, the plants use a particular molecule called a transporter protein to help move the compounds along, a new study found.

In recent years, scientists have identified a host of compounds called chemical elicitors — found, for example, in insect saliva — that can limit plant defenses, including the production of bad - tasting compounds that ward off herbivores.

When converting carbon dioxide from the atmosphere into a sugar, plants use an organic catalyst called an enzyme; the researchers used a metal compound called tungsten diselenide, which they fashioned into nanosized flakes to maximize the surface area and to expose its reactive edges.

Using just one tropical plant called a bromeliad, scientists were able to remove 80 % of six different compounds from the air in a small, sealed container, they reported today at the American Chemical Society's annual meeting.

Tomato plants produce repellent chemicals called volatile organic compounds in response to herbivore attacks.

The presence of these so - called herbivore - induced volatile organic compounds can make the plant less attractive to pollinators, which can reduce pollen deposition and negatively affect individual plants, an effect known as herbivore - induced pollinator limitation.

Synthetic marijuana, sometimes called «Spice,» is made with shredded plant material coated with chemicals that are designed to mimic THC, the psychoactive compound found naturally in marijuana.

A non-psychoactive compound found in marijuana plants called cannabidivarin (CBDV) has shown promise in the treatment of severe cases of epilepsy.

Mander's growth - inhibiting compound is derived from a natural plant hormone called gibberellic acid.

Like vehicles and power plants, trees emit airborne chemicals called volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which in the presence of sunlight react with nitrogen oxides in vehicle fumes to form ozone, one of the components in smog that makes it a health threat.

By analyzing a large sample of French grapes and white wines through a technique called liquid chromatograph mass spectrometry, the investigators found that, during grape growth, this enzyme (named CYP76F14) helps to convert a common plant compound, monoterpenol linalool, into a different compound, (E)-8-carboxylinalool.

In one step, for example, a plant enzyme called SalSyn was doing a poor job of converting R - reticuline to another compound called salutaridine.

Based on a plant - based class of molecules known as indoline alkaloids, the compound inhibits an enzyme called polymerase, which enables a virus to make thousands of copies of itself and cause disease, explains Claire Marie Filone, the study's lead author.

Using a laboratory technique called chromatography, they found three new compounds, one already - known compound that was identified for the first time in plants and 20 already - known compounds that were found for the first time in hops.

Bottom line: many birds eat plants that are rich in compounds with a distinctive yellow pigmentation — which some birds can modify chemically to form the red pigment that becomes their calling card.

Many herbivores are known to store their host plant's toxic compounds in specialized compartments of their body, a process which is called sequestration.

So - called extremely low - volatility organic compounds, which are produced by plants, could be detected for the first time during field and laboratory experiments in Finland and Germany.

It's becoming clear and clearer as people look at different stages of the plant's growth and in different habitats growing next to other plants that the stressors in the environment can really change the chemistry; because most of the medicinal compounds in the plants are what are called secondary compounds, so they are not things essential to the metabolism of the plant like sugar and water and ATP for energy and DNA.

University of Illinois professor of entomology May Berenbaum, who led the study, said that many organisms use a group of enzymes called cytochrome P450 monooxygenases to break down foreign substances such as pesticides and compounds naturally found in plants, known as phytochemicals.

After treating a common cellulosic biofuels plant called switchgrass with a compound known as an ionic liquid (IL) to break apart the plant fibers and reduce the lignin, the researchers added their engineered E. coli.

For instance in Mahonia or Oregon grape — it's a plant from the Pacific Northwest — there is one compound called hydnocarpin that will kill [a] certain type of bacteria, but the bacteria develops a resistance where it evolves this pump to remove the hydnocarpinfrom its cells and it's no longer toxic; and then it turns out that the Oregon grape also has this other compound called berberine which stops that pump from working, so it's only in combination [that] these two compounds in that plant will actually still kill the bacteria.

So this is becoming a bigger and bigger problem, and there is one plant I think I have mentioned on the walk, Sweet Annie or Qing Hao; it's a Chinese plant that's being used — it has been used traditionally to treat malaria and fevers — and they extract a compound called artemisinin from that which they are trying to use more and more in Africa.

Some microbes have evolved proteins called nitrogenases that can split apart nitrogen molecules in the air and weld that nitrogen to hydrogen to make ammonia and other compounds that plants can absorb to get their nitrogen.

As other plants detect the chemicals, they crowdsource a solution: producing mass amounts of deterrent chemical compounds, just in case the pests come calling.

«All of these nematodes speak the same chemical language,» through the use of compounds called ascarosides, said study co-author Frank Schroeder, a research scientist at the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) for Plant Research and adjunct assistant professor in Cornell's Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology.

Instead of simply straight CBD (a plant - based, non-psychoactive compound derived from the cannabis plant called cannabidiol), the CW products contain a larger range of phytocannabinoids like CBD, but slightly different for a wider spectrum of healing properties.

Eating a cornucopia of good - quality, plant - based carbohydrates provides unique benefits, including high levels of vitamins and minerals, fiber, and special plant compounds with healing properties called phytonutrients.

It's one of several compounds, called cannabinoids, found in cannabis, aka the marijuana plant.

Recent research has discovered compounds called ginkgolides that are present in its leaves but not in any other known plant.

Because the plants need exposure to stress in order to develop these compounds (called Rosavins, if you're interested), the ones that are grown in more temperate or hospitable places won't have any effect on our bodies.

Soy contains a compounds called phytoestrogens (they're also called isoflavones), a nutrient found in plants that is similar in structure to one...

Read this AWESOME article on new research that shows a compound in plants called apigenin could stop breast cancer cells from becoming resistant to cell death.