(n.) A genus of plants, including the onion, garlic, leek, chive, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) Following a brief historical introduction, current production of commercially important alliums is described and their botanical origins and interrelationships are explained.
(2) A population of meristematic root cells of Allium sativum L. is previously synchronized thanks to Hydroxyurea.
(3) Considering that oxygen toxicity and the related free radical attack are involved in many pathophysiological conditions, and that Allium sativum (ASP) has been used therapeutically for many of them since antiquity, we examined the intervention of ASP and alliin in free radical processes.
(4) Acyl-CoA elongase has been partially purified from leek (Allium porrum L.) epidermal cells.
(5) The eleven cases of sensitization to Allium sativum L (garlic) corresponded to women whose primary or secondary profession was that of a housewife.
(6) Garlic (Allium sativum) has been used medicinally for centuries and still is included in the traditional medicine of most cultures.
(7) It has been reported that diallyl sulfide (DS) and diallyl disulfide (DDS), major volatile compounds in garlic (Allium sativum), exert anticarcinogenic activity in several organs in rodents.
(8) We have approached the study of the ability of different types of lesions produced by DNA-damaging agents to develop sister-chromatid exchanges (SCEs) by analyzing SCE levels observed in Allium cepa L cells with BrdU-substituted DNA and exposed to visible light (VL), an irradiation which produces uracil residues in DNA after debromination of bromouracil and enhances SCE levels but only above a certain dose.
(9) The activity of microsomal NADPH-cytochrome-P-450-reductase and NADH-cytochrome-b5-reductase are inhibited after the addition of an aqueous extract of a pharmaceutical preparation of garlic (Allium sativum, L.) to buffer-suspended microsomes.
(10) The orientation of Giemsa C-bands has been studied in mitotic and interphase cells of Allium cepa.
(11) In addition to there being variation of flavor between different alliums, there are also considerable changes that occur as a result of cooking and processing.
(12) Dietary analyses revealed a significant protective effect of consumption of allium vegetables, oranges and tangerines, with a 50% reduced risk of nasal cancer among individuals in the highest intake group of these foods.
(13) The microtubules in the hairs show net axial orientations, but in Allium and Urtica helical microtubule patterns are also present.
(14) Samples of solid waste from a chloralkali plant were bioassayed employing the Allium micronucleus (MNC) assay.
(15) When garlic (Allium sativum) was administered to rat per os simultaneously with cadmium, methylmercury and phenylmercury to detect the protective effect against the heavy metal poisoning, accumulation of heavy metals in liver, kidneys, bone and testes were decreased, and histopathological damages and the inhibition of serum alkaline phosphatase activities by heavy metals were reduced.
(16) Lower risks were found among people who had a higher intake of fresh vegetables, including garlic and other Allium vegetables which contain constituents that can inhibit carcinogenesis by N-nitrosamines and other substances in experimental animals.
(17) The microtubules of root hairs of Raphanus sativus, Lepidium sativum, Equisetum hyemale, Limnobium stoloniferum, Ceratopteris thalictroides, Allium sativum and Urtica dioica were investigated using immunofluorescence and electron microscopy.
(18) The genomes of seven plant species belonging to the genus Allium and exhibiting a threefold variation in their nuclear DNA content were analyzed by studying their reassociation kinetics, equilibrium centrifugation behavior in neutral CsCl gradients, and melting properties.
(19) Pretreatment with Allium sativum alone, or in combination with Crataegus, resulted in protective effects on isoprenaline-induced damage of heart, liver, and pancreas.
(20) Numerous vesicles were observed among the microtubules of the "preprophase" band in prophase cells from root tips of Allium cepa.
Moly
Definition:
(n.) A fabulous herb of occult power, having a black root and white blossoms, said by Homer to have been given by Hermes to Ulysses to counteract the spells of Circe.
(n.) A kind of garlic (Allium Moly) with large yellow flowers; -- called also golden garlic.
Example Sentences:
(1) A positive linkage disequilibrium of MOLI and HLA-B17 was found.
(2) One serum was identified which defined a monocyte-specific antigen, MOLI.
(3) The mutagenic (TFT resistance) and toxic responses of mouse lymphoma (MOLY) L5178Y cells and human lymphoblast (HULY) TK6 cells were compared for 13 chemicals.
(4) Of the 6 chemicals, only 1 was positive in both MOLY and HULY under the latter condition; 4 others were positive in MOLY and negative in HULY whereas 1 was positive in HULY and negative in MOLY.
(5) The mutagenic activities of 8 of the 13 chemicals (62%) examined in the HULY and MOLY assays are in agreement - the results being judged positive in both assays.
(6) Family investigations conveyed the information that the gene coding for MOLI was transmitted in linkage with HLA genes.
(7) In the absence of S9, the concentration ranges, lowest significant doses, and shapes of the concentration-response curves for both toxicity and mutagenicity were similar in spite of the differences in exposure times (4 h for MOLY, 20 for HULY) and expression times (2 days for MOLY, 3 days for HULY).
(8) Jamie East, the presenter who created the Holy Moly website and fronted Big Brother spin-off show, Bit on the Side, says: “The problem is they are thrown at a huge audience without any form of training or mentoring.
(9) Of the 41 chemicals examined for this report, 8 were equivocal in the rodent bioassay, and 7 were questionable in- the MOLY assay.
(10) The presenter wrote on Twitter, according to Holy Moly : "They ain't gonna let some dude from NYC win this shit.
(11) In L5178Y mouse lymphoma (MOLY) cells, 5-aza-CR induced TFT resistance and produced both small and large colonies.
(12) The results showed that while the Salmonella mutagenesis assay detected only about half of the carcinogens as mutagens, the other three in vitro assays (mutagenesis in MOLY cells or induction of aberrations or SCEs in CHO cells) did not complement Salmonella since they failed to effectively discriminate between the carcinogens and noncarcinogens found negative in the Salmonella assay.
(13) However, the different spectrum of DNA lesions detected at the tk locus may be responsible for the response of MOLY cells to 5-aza-CR.
(14) The pineal organ and retina were compared in developing charr and cisco, further in adult cisco, eel, creek chub, dace, zebrafish and black moli by opsin immunocytochemistry.
(15) 5.06pm BST 87th over: England 211-7 (Ali 71, Jordan 21) Holy moly!
(16) Forty-one chemicals were tested for their abilities to induce trifluorothymidine resistance in L5178Y mouse lymphoma (MOLY) cells.
(17) For these chemicals, the 73% concordance of this study was superior to the concordance obtained from published data from other laboratories on the Ames test (53%), structural alerts (SA) (46%), chromosome aberrations in Chinese hamster ovary cells (ABS) (48%), cell mutation in mouse lymphoma 15178Y cells (MOLY) (52%), and sister-chromatid exchange in Chinese hamster ovary cells (SCE) (60%).
(18) MOLI-Link was originally developed using Annson Systems (IBAX) products, and has recently migrated to Wallace Computer Services (Wal-Link) software.
(19) Holy catastrophe Holy Moly, the scandal sheet of the internet age, has had its high-profile overhaul sabotaged by hackers.
(20) Their "MOLI-Link" system now serves over 150 physicians in 50 locations, and is currently undergoing significant enhancement.