(n.) Those parts of a picture in which the human body or any part of it is represented in full color; the flesh tints.
(n.) A species of Dianthus (D. Caryophyllus) or pink, having very beautiful flowers of various colors, esp. white and usually a rich, spicy scent.
Example Sentences:
(1) The method was used to analyze the free amino acid pool in carnation petals.
(2) People brought flowers, and large piles of roses, lilac, tulips and carnations lay by the blackened doors.
(3) • Céline Cousteau is ambassador of the TreadRight Foundation ( treadright.org ), a not-for-profit body established by TTC ( ttc.com ) to encourage sustainable tourism within its family of brands, including Contiki, Trafalgar, Insight Vacations, Uniworld and Red Carnation Hotels
(4) The next day Istanbulus lay carnations on Istiklal.
(5) The sequence of a circular RNA from carnation has been determined and found to consist of 275 nucleotide residues adopting a branched secondary structure of minimum free energy.
(6) Dermal exposure of hands and forearms to pesticides during cutting of carnations can be predicted from measurements of DFR.
(7) In 1988, Nestlé (absent from the US infant formula industry since the 1940s) acquired the Carnation Company and launched an advertising campaign to the general public for its formula products.
(8) The genome organization is very similar to that of carnation mottle virus (CarMV) and turnip crinkle virus (TCV).
(9) A visit to his Scottish high school brought back memories of art classes spent dissecting, examining and drawing buttercups and carnations.
(10) Comparative sequence analysis has revealed that the circular RNA from carnation shares similarities with some representative members of the viroid and viroid-like satellites RNAs from plants, suggesting that it is a new member of either these two groups of small pathogenic RNAs.
(11) The programmed senescence of carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) petals requires active gene expression and is associated with the expression of several senescence-related mRNAs.
(12) Data on 13 traits of 11,260 progeny of 775 sires in the Carnation Genetics linear type appraisal program were analyzed to determine the association between sire dystocia transmitting ability and progeny linear type traits.
(13) There are carnations, tulips and a tub of spring crocuses.
(14) The postulated amino acid sequence of CMeV capsid protein had 36% homology to turnip crinkle virus and 26% homology to carnation mottle virus in the arm and S domains, but western blots showed no serological relationship to either.
(15) The DNA-binding activity was present in nuclear extracts from both presenescent and senescing carnation petals.
(16) This PCR product was used to screen a cDNA library prepared from mRNA isolated from senescing carnation flower petals.
(17) Ten years ago today, a man emerged from prison to be greeted by a crowd of his supporters embracing him with carnations and a crowd of his enemies drawing their fingers across their throats.
(18) Carnation latent virus was shown to direct the synthesis of virus-specific polypeptides in both reticulocyte lysate and wheat germ in vitro translation systems.
(19) It was wrapped in a flag, pink carnations beside a pale, unshaven cheek Later they carried out his body.
(20) Respiratory exposure and dermal exposure of the hands and forearms to the pesticides chlorothalonil, thiophanate-methyl, thiram, and zineb during application and during crop activities have been measured on 18 farms for carnation culture in glass-covered greenhouses in the Netherlands.
Gypsophila
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) The process by which a saponin derived from Gypsophila plants permeabilizes rat hepatocytes was studied.
(2) In male Wistar rats fed diets containing different plant steroids, including sitosterols, diosgenin, digitonin and saponin from gypsophila, biliary cholesterol secretion significantly increased 50% to 300%, whereas biliary bile salt and phospholipid showed minor changes.
(3) Saponaria saponins formed irregular ISCOM-like structures, and Gypsophila produced a sheet of joined pore-like structures.
(4) Of the tested saponins, Gypsophila paniculata saponin was found to be the most effective on human sperms.
(5) In A. pseudotsugae and A. gypsophilae, glucose was metabolized mainly through the Emden-Meyerhof-Parnas pathway; the pentose phosphate pathway was also utilized.
(6) Zn status, as judged by femur Zn concentration, was not adversely affected by the inclusion of Gypsophila saponins in the diet.
(7) In a separate experiment Fe retention from a meal containing Gypsophila saponins, soyasaponin I, or saponins extracted from lucerne (Medicago sativa) plant tops, was measured in older rats.
(8) Saponin of Gypsophila paniculata L. was spermicidal at dilution 1:20.
(9) Gypsophila saponins had no effect on Zn absorption from a test meal.
(10) Fe absorption was similar in groups given purified or crude Gypsophila saponins at the same saponin:mineral molar value of 8, demonstrating that the 'non-saponin' fraction of the commercial preparation does not affect the absorption of this mineral.
(11) Four new triterpenoid saponins were isolated from the roots of Gypsophila paniculata and G. arrostii.
(12) Elbary and Nour investigated the spermicidal effects of saponins isolated from the following plants: Gypsophila paniculata L., Saponaria officinalis L., Enterolobium cyclocarpum, Griseb., Terminalia horrida Steud., Melilotus sicula Vitm., and Ruscus hypoglossum L. All of the saponins tested possessed spermicidal activity.
(13) Iron and zinc retentions in young male rats, given 3 g starch-sucrose paste containing 120 micrograms Fe as FeSO4 or 139 micrograms Zn as ZnCl2 (extrinsically labelled with 59Fe or 65Zn) and increasing amounts of Gypsophila saponins, were measured by whole-body counting.
(14) Saponin of Gypsophila paniculata was proved to be relatively superior when used in aqueous solution or when formulated in polyethylene glycol ointment base.
(15) Results indicated that Fe absorption decreased with increasing concentration of Gypsophila saponins.
(16) The only two saponins apart from Quillaia that were adjuvant-active were Gypsophila and Saponaria, which resemble Quillaia in that they contain saponins with branched sugar chains attached to positions 3 and 28 of the aglycone.