Sentences with phrase «production of the plant hormone»

Dry soil encourages the production of the plant hormone abscisic acid in vine roots, which is correlated with earlier maturity of wine grapes.

ERF115 then stimulates the production of the plant hormone phytosulfokine which in turn activates the division of the organizing cells.

Not exact matches

These high - tech, plant - based meats are not your usual mock meat: they boast not only similar taste and texture to meat, but also comparable nutritional value — minus the cholesterol, growth hormones, antibiotics, and other unsavory bits of industrial meat production.

Plant based fats like those found in nuts, seeds and coconut oil, contain fatty acids that make up our cell membranes, help with brain function, are necessary for the absorption of fat soluble vitamins (including A, C, E, D & K) and for the production of energy and hormones.

The production of these compounds in the plant is tidily regulated by small hormones, like salicylic and jasmonic acid.

Peter Meyer, a molecular biologist at the University of Leeds, and his colleagues identified a gene they labeled Sho (for shooting), which controls production of cytokinins, hormones that delay aging in plants.

Compounds in the fruit of this tall, blue - violet plant appear to increase the production (or block the breakdown) of dopamine, a neurotransmitter that helps to regulate the hormone prolactin.

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

Another benefit of cooking cruciferous vegetables like broccoli is that it reduces the goitrogenic chemicals in these plants that block the production of thyroid hormone.

It's immediately clear that cantaloupe melon is a good source of vitamin A (in the plant - based carotenoid form) and vitamin C. We've raved about those two nutrients in this article and in my eBook, so in brief, vitamin C clears acne by lowering stress hormone levels and accelerating your production of collagen.

On they're own, chia seeds are rich in plant - based proteins and (the good kind of) fatty acids that the body relies on for energy production, mood support, and hormone stabilization.

Evening primrose oil contains high concentrations of plant hormones and other compounds that enhance the production of natural hormones in your body.

However, stress and environmental endocrine disruptors also affect hormone production, and these chemicals — the most infamous being BPA — are not found in remote, radioactive plants, but in everyday items that most of us touch regularly.