Dietary Vegetable Powders Modulate Immune Homeostasis and Intestinal Microbiota in Mice
Foods, 2021 As the largest immune organ of the human body, the intestine also plays a vital role in nutrient digestion and absorption. Some vegetables are considered to have improvement effects on the intestine.
Yixin Zou +3 more
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Asparagus Fructans as Emerging Prebiotics
Foods, 2022 Commercial fructans (inulin and oligofructose) are generally obtained from crops such as chicory, Jerusalem artichoke or agave. However, there are agricultural by-products, namely asparagus roots, which could be considered potential sources of fructans ...
Amel Hamdi +6 more
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Stability and quality improvement of shrimp patties by Asparagus racemosus and gamma irradiation
International Journal of Food Properties, 2022 The present study was conducted to determine the effect of gamma irradiation and Asparagus racemosus on the storage stability and shelf life of shrimp patties.
Muhammad Majid Noor +5 more
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Traditional Glue, Adhesive and Poison Used for Composite Weapons by Ju/'hoan San in Nyae Nyae, Namibia. Implications for the Evolution of Hunting Equipment in Prehistory. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Ju/'hoan hunters from Nyae Nyae, near Tsumkwe in Namibia, demonstrate the manufacture of three fixative pastes made from plant extracts, and poison made from grubs and plant extracts. Ammocharis coranica and Terminalia sericea produce simple glue. Ozoroa
Lyn Wadley +3 more
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Ethnobotany of the Himalayas: Safeguarding Medical Practices and Traditional Uses of Kashmir Regions
Biology, 2021 The present study was carried out to enlist the medicinal plants used by the local inhabitants of developing countries such as India, and the district of Kupwara of the Kashmir Himalaya has been targeted.
Mudasir Nazir Bhat +5 more
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Planetary Bioresources and Astroecology 1. Planetary Microcosm Bioassays of Martian and Carbonaceous Chondrite Materials: Nutrients, Electrolyte Solutions, and Algal and Plant Responses [PDF]
, 2002 The biological fertilities of planetary materials can be assessed using microcosms based on materials in martian and carbonaceous chondrite meteorites.
Mautner, Michael Noah
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Journal of Toxicology, 2022 The kidney is the organ most vulnerable to nephrotoxic drugs such as gentamicin. Nephrotoxicity is a rapid deterioration of kidney function due to various factors.
Welela Meka Kedir +2 more
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Journal of Immunology Research, 2021 To mimic Alzheimer’s disease, transgenic mice overexpressing the amyloid precursor protein (APP) were used in this study. We hypothesize that the neuroprotective effects of ETAS®50, a standardized extract of Asparagus officinalis stem produced by Amino ...
Zhanglong Peng +10 more
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Nutritional and in vitro antioxidant properties of edible wild greens in Iberian Peninsula traditional diet [PDF]
, 2011 Wild greens are nutritionally well-balanced vegetables. Herein, nutritional and in vitro antioxidant properties of the sprouts of three commonly used species were determined. Wild asparagus revealed the highest levels of moisture (84.6 g/100 g fw), ash
Barros, Lillian +3 more
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