Sentences with phrase «rice plants absorb»

The rice plants absorb arsenic into their roots and it ends up in the seeds.
At present, we do not yet sufficiently understand whether or not and to what extent rice plants absorb the arsenic that bonded with sulphur and to what extent this adversely affects their metabolic processes.
As rice plants absorb phosphate, a nutrient needed for growth, they also take up arsenic, which has a similar chemical structure.

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(Los Angeles, CA October 3, 2014)-- A 2014 third - party, double - blind, crossover study at the University of Tampa, has shown that Oryzatein ® brown rice protein absorbs slower into the bloodstream over time than whey, providing bodybuilders and other athletes with a plant - based alternative to animal - based whey protein to enhance their endurance.
Some 15 years ago, scientists realized that the rice plant was unusually effective at absorbing toxic forms of arsenic from soil and water — but no one had directly connected eating rice with actual harm to health.
Between 80 % and 90 % of methane emitted from rice fields is produced by microbes living on plant roots; some of the gas dissolves into the water and bubbles up, but most is absorbed along with water by plant roots, travels up to the stems and leaves, and escapes into the atmosphere.
If it turns out that thioarsenates are absorbed by the roots of the rice plants and make their way to the rice grains unaltered, then further research will be needed.
The rice is unique in that it absorbs the arsenic from the soil or from the water a lot more efficiently than most of the plants do.
Ultra-fine, tinted powder formulated with certified organic ingredients and plant - derived pigments, kaolin, argan, and rice powder to diffuse light, camouflage imperfections and absorb excess oil.
This is because plant foods like beans, rice, whole - wheat grains and corn are high in phytates, compounds that bind to zinc and prevent the mineral from being absorbed.
Rice tends to absorb arsenic more readily than many other plants.
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