(n.) A dry granulated starch imported from the East Indies, much used for making puddings and as an article of diet for the sick; also, as starch, for stiffening textile fabrics. It is prepared from the stems of several East Indian and Malayan palm trees, but chiefly from the Metroxylon Sagu; also from several cycadaceous plants (Cycas revoluta, Zamia integrifolia, etc.).
Example Sentences:
(1) E series prostaglandins and their biologically active analogue, 16,16-dimethylprostaglandin E2 (dimethylprostaglandin E2), have inhibited hormone-stimulated glycogenolysis in hepatocytes cultured from male rats (Okumura, T., Sago, T. and Saito, K. (1988) Biochim.
(2) Arrowroot is the mainstay of the Negro infant's diet, while parched flour or sago is consumed by an East Indian infant more frequently.
(3) Harjinder Sago, a community worker, understands the risk of unrest.
(4) Ten years ago, Sago set up a community outreach team to draw the different strands of the neighbourhood together under the central government-funded, Leeds Local Enterprise Growth Initiative.
(5) Sucrose was found to have maximal effect on hepatic total lipid and the enzymes in the study followed by glucose and sago while lactose was found to be toxic.
(6) (3) Consistent evidence of inverse associations with concentrations of vanadium, molybdenum, manganese, aluminium, titanium, and phosphorus and of direct associations with concentrations of lead, copper, chromium, zinc, and selenium in the staple foodstuffs-namely, sago, sweet potato, and Chinese taro.In general, analyses of soils and vegetables from 22 villages in the highlands of Papua-New Guinea have confirmed the soil associations with the caries prevalence reported for villages in the Sepik and Fly River regions.
(7) No consistent association of a specific chronic inflammatory disease with "sago" spleen and "sinusoidal" deposits could be documented.
(8) Nature is a blessing from God, and we are known by the three Ss: sago [trees], sampan [canoes] and sungai [rivers].
(9) Severe, acute and sometimes fatal intravascular haemolysis has occurred on several occasions in Papua New Guinea families after the ingestion of apparently 'stale' sago.
(10) Coefficients of kinship for linguistic groups range from 0.005 for the sweet potato cultivating North Fore to 0.075 for the isolated Pawaians whose dietary staple is sago and who depend more on hunting and gathering.
(11) Over the past 30 years there have been attempts to link the unusually high incidence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) among the Chamorros native to the island of Guam to the consumption of the seeds of Cycas circinalis L., the false sago palm.
(12) 76% of mothers, irrespective of their level of education or economic status, were consuming sago, barley, garlic, and turmeric in the erroneous belief of augmenting breast milk secretion.
(13) Several bacteria and fungi were isolated and identified in a sample of suspect sago from one of the outbreaks.
(14) We also noted that in 23 of the 29 AA amyloidosis cases with "sinusoidal" involvement, a "sago" pattern of distribution of amyloid in the spleen was present.
(15) But in Leeds cases like that of Sago show how those who have long lived by the big society's tenets are faring in coalition Britain.
(16) What’s best is for peatland to be given to the community to be managed for sago [palm starch similar to tapioca].
(17) It is suggested that the eating of sago stored for a long time be discouraged; and further that, if a meal of sago tastes abnormal, additional mouthfuls should not be eaten and the remaining portion should be sent for analysis or discarded.