Sentences with phrase «plant pigment called»

Red fruits and vegetables are coloured by a natural plant pigment called lycopene.

Scientists have found that a plant pigment called quercetin — found in some fruits, vegetables, herbs and grains — could help to prevent the damage to nerves associated with the childhood form of motor neuron disease.

Lycopene is a singular pigment within a family of plant pigments called carotenoids and is responsible for the red color in our fruits and veggie — while the larger, umbrella carotenoid family is responsible for the warmer colors of the rainbow (oranges, yellows, reds, etc) and have all been shown to have potent antioxidant activity.

The plant pigments called flavonoids that give the beans their distinctive colors, not only make them look attractive, but contain high amount of antioxidants.

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Fat cushions our organs and helps control growth, immune function, reproduction and metabolism; fat transports vitamins A, D, E, and K, the so - called fat - soluble vitamins, throughout our bloodstream; and it also boosts the body's ability to absorb potentially health - enhancing carotenoids, natural pigments found in plants.

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.

When the bees were familiar with the flowers (after a few visits), five bees per plant species were observed visiting a flower with the anthers (here called pollen - sacs) marked with white UV - active luminous pigment (GP280443, Boesner, Witten, Germany).

Like the rest of my purple food recipes, you'll see that anthocyanins are a group of powerfully protective antioxidants called flavonoids found in the purple pigment of plants (also found in some red and blue foods too, since red and blue make purple!)

Also called wineberries, these succulent fruits feature intense, dark purple coloration — evidence of their high levels of anthocyanins, disease - fighting natural plant pigments.

Normal rabbit urine can range in color from a light yellow to a deep orange - red (a «rusty» color) due to a variety of plant pigments that may have been eaten or pigments, called porphyrins, produced by the bladder itself.

Sophy Naess, Soap, 2014, Soap with some longing for Greece buried in it, straw grid woven of grasses picked on «Sunridge Road,» hair from a horsehair whip, a hair - like plant from Chinatown called «Hair Moss, beads, lichen, gold mica powder, cosmetic pigments, and Eucalyptus, Tuberose, and Grapefruit fragrance oils, 8 x 10 inches.