(n.) A genus of ornamental annual plants (Amaranthus) of many species, with green, purplish, or crimson flowers.
(n.) A color inclining to purple.
Example Sentences:
(1) Layers fed diets containing amaranth required significantly less feed to produce a dozen eggs or a gram of egg than those fed the control diet.
(2) It is proposed that bromocresol green, and probably also amaranth, rapidly equilibrates between the hepatic and biliary compartments as a result of reabsorption from the biliary tree and that the rate-limiting factor in the biliary excretion of these dyes is the removal of dye from the biliary tree by bulk flow.
(3) The present research was carried out for the purpose of collecting part of the germ plasm of grain amaranth in Guatemala, as well as to evaluate it in terms of yield, chemical composition and nutritive value.
(4) Male rats were fed both popped amaranths and roasted amaranth.
(5) Hepatic microsomal azoreductase activity with amaranth (3-hydroxy-4[(4-sulfo-1-naphthalenyl)azo]-2,7-naphthalenedisulfonic acid trisodium salt) as a substrate is proportional to the levels of microsomal cytochrome P-450 from control or phenobarbital-pretreated rats and mice or cytochrome P-448 from 3-methylchol-anthrene-pretreated animals.
(6) Results also revealed that a steam treatment improves the nutritive quality of the amaranth meal.
(7) 6 and amaranth showed ether-extractable mutagenic activity only at much higher doses than those at which activity was seen with most dithionite-reduced samples of FD&C Red No.
(8) Amaranth, safrole, phenacetin and nicotine suppressed the DTH response, and suppressed the serum interferon titers induced by virus infection.
(9) In cotyledons of 6-day-old amaranth seedlings, the large subunit (LSU) and the small subunit (SSU) polypeptides of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase are not synthesized in the absence of light.
(10) Administration of taurocholate did not abolish the depressing effect of estrone; however, phenobarbital given in combination with estrone decreased or prevented the effects of estrone on the biliary excretion rate of bromcresol green and amaranth.
(11) Add the amaranth, stir for a minute, then add the stock, 200ml water, the bouquet garni, a third of a teaspoon of salt and a good grind of pepper.
(12) 6 large portobello mushrooms 70ml olive oil Salt and freshly ground black pepper 200g cherry tomatoes 10g unsalted butter 30g pine nuts 2 tsp za’atar 1 large onion, peeled and finely diced 1 garlic clove, peeled and crushed 200g amaranth 500ml vegetable stock Bouquet garni made with 10g tarragon sprigs, 4 strips lemon skin, 5g rosemary sprigs and 3 bay leaves 30g parmesan, finely grated Heat the oven to its highest setting (around 240-250C).
(13) The room temperature had influence over the following dyes: amaranth, F.D.
(14) The nuclei of immotile sperm were stained pink by amaranth.
(15) Immature male rats were fed a purified, low-fiber diet containing massive doses of sodium cyclamate or amaranth (FD and C Red No.
(16) The data indicate that inactivation of NADPH-cytochrome P-450(c) reductase inhibits sulfonazo III and amaranth reduction, whereas inactivation of cytochrome P-450 inhibits only amaranth reduction.
(17) Forty-five harvests corresponding to the two predominating domestic species of amaranth in Mexico were studied.
(18) In terms of weight gain, feed intake, feed efficiency, carcass weight and serum proteins, the results indicated that amaranth leaf meal can efficiently replace alfalfa leaf meal up to 15% of the total weight of the diet.
(19) The mechanism of the azo reduction of sulfonazo III and amaranth by the rat hepatic monooxygenase system was studied.
(20) The amaranth vegetable cultivar Zimbabwe PI 482049 promoted weight gain and feed utilization equal to that obtained with alfalfa as the sole forage for growing lambs.
Amaranthus
Definition:
(n.) Alt. of Amarantus
Example Sentences:
(1) An albumin with a well-balanced amino acid composition and high levels of the essential amino acids was purified to homogeneity from the mature seeds of Amaranthus hypochondriacus.
(2) The genetic control of four developmental characters was studied in Amaranthus caudatus L. Determinant panicle growth was determined by one recessive gene.
(3) An account is given of some considerations concerning the chemical recognition and evaluation by biological methods of the quality of the flour obtained from Amaranthus quitensis seeds, submitted to grinding and sifting.
(4) A single radioactive polypeptide of Mr 11,500 from pea and amaranthus chloroplasts was revealed by autoradiography of gels from sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis of the silicic acid eluates.
(5) However, in case of the green vegetables (Amaranthus gangetica, for example) the value of beta-carotene after saponification was found to be twice the value obtained by TLC of the crude extract as such.
(6) Low cost weaning mixtures were prepared by mixing (i) malted pearl millet (Penicitum typhidium L), roasted amaranth (Amaranthus sp.
(7) In amaranth grains (Amaranthus hypochondriacus L. and Amaranthus cruentus L.), there were two albumin (Alb) fractions, Alb-1 and Alb-2; Alb-1 was extracted with water or 0.5 M NaCl, and Alb-2 was extracted with water after extracting Alb-1 and globulin.
(8) The Mexican type of Amaranthus cruentus, selected due to its availability and bromatologic properties, yielded products of excellent nutritional quality, according to their amino acid content and protein efficiency ratio (PER).
(9) The lectin Amaranthus caudatus agglutinin (ACA) binds to a cytoplasmic glycoconjugate expressed at the base of the colonic crypt and serves as a possible proliferation marker in the distal, but not proximal, colon.
(10) Amaranthus caudatus L. toasted flour, popped grain and flakes were each fed to nine young children as the source of all diet protein and fat and 50% of diet energy, preceded and followed by casein control diets.
(11) A powdered blend for feeding preschool children was prepared from whole amaranth (Amaranthus cruentus) seeds, pearled oats, soybeans, sucrose and vegetable oil.
(12) In both trials, treated rabbits had increased weight loss when compared with controls; however, the weight loss was not attributed to a toxic effect, but to previously described decreased palatability of Amaranthus spp.
(13) Two antimicrobial peptides (Ac-AMP1 and Ac-AMP2) were isolated from seeds of amaranth (Amaranthus caudatus), and their physicochemical and biological properties were characterized.
(14) Half-lives of the long-chain acyl-ACPs were estimated to be 10-15 s. Concentrations of palmitoyl-, stearoyl-, and oleoyl-ACP as indicated by equilibrium labeling during steady-state fatty acid synthesis, ranged from 0.6-1.1, 0.2-0.7, and 0.4-1.6 microM, respectively, for peas and from 1.6-1.9, 1.3-2.6, and 0.6-1.4 microM, respectively, for amaranthus.
(15) Four triterpenoid saponins were isolated from Amaranthus hypochondriacus which are grain crops in the Nepal, Mexico and South America.
(16) The lectin amaranthin, purified from the seeds of Amaranthus caudatus, has been shown to react specifically with the Gal beta 1,3GalNAc-alpha and the NeuAc alpha 2,3Gal beta 1,3GalNAc-alpha sequence which represent the T antigen and the cryptic T antigen, respectively.
(17) Extruded grain amaranth (Amaranthus cruentus) was incorporated into corn-soybean meal layer rations at 0, 10, 20, or 30%.
(18) The lectin-rich genera included Crotalaria and Erythrina (Fabaceae), Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae), Artocarpus (Moraceae) and Clerodendron (Verbenaceae).
(19) Pollen extracts from Atriplex latifolia, Beta vulgaris, Salsola kali and Amaranthus retroflexus were compared with an extract from Chenopodium album by both in vivo and in vitro methods.
(20) Amaranthin is the lectin present in the seeds of Amaranthus caudatus, which specifically binds the T-disaccharide (Gal beta 1,3GalNAc alpha-O-).