(n.) Starch made from Indian corn, esp. a fine white flour used for puddings, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) The use of oral cornstarch supplements enabled the child to maintain normoglycemia and was associated with clinical and biochemical improvement.
(2) When the P64.8 diet was progressively diluted with cornstarch, hamsters increased their intake of this diet fraction, but protein intake nevertheless declined.
(3) A basal corn-cornstarch-soybean meal diet was formulated to contain .55% lysine.
(4) Two nurses suffered anaphylaxis to cornstarch glove powder.
(5) Solid excipients, cornstarch, and talcum powder when injected intra-arterially decreased flow, and vascular obstruction was shown angiographically.
(6) We report the successful use of raw cornstarch to maintain normoglycemia in two children with nesidioblastosis.
(7) Raw cornstarch administration consistently maintained blood glucose levels in the normal range.
(8) The sucrose-fed group had a greater 4-d excretion of tritium (urinary + fecal) than did the invert sugar- or cornstarch-fed groups (P less than 0.01).
(9) It is concluded that cornstarch, as used on surgical gloves, caused peritoneal adhesions and should therefore be removed before surgery.
(10) Either a corn-soy diet or a cornstarch-soy diet was used as the basal diet in the various studies.
(11) A range of cornstarch fermentation rates was found with suspensions from 20 human subjects.
(12) Litter size at d 28 was greater (P less than .07) for sows fed cornstarch than for sows fed tallow.
(13) The animals were fed a protein-free diet that consisted of 79.7% cornstarch, 10% sucrose, 3% Alphafloc (a source of cellulose), 3% canola oil and a vitamin-mineral premix.
(14) Cornstarch therapy was associated with maintenance of normoglycemia, increased growth velocity, and decreased serum aminotransferase concentrations in all patients.
(15) A slowly absorbed starch such as cornstarch may be an effective component in dietary management of this disorder.
(16) The two main conclusions from this study are that thyroid hormone metabolism is altered by iron deficiency regardless of food intake and that the best purified rodent diet for this type of study would contain a mixture of carbohydrate types to avoid the stimulation of thyroxine monodeiodinase by a 70% cornstarch diet.
(17) In contrast to its effects when mixed in the raw cornstarch, mixed in the cooked cornstarch diet, acarbose consumption was not accompanied by any significant fecal losses of dietary starch.
(18) Azotemic subtotally nephrectomized Sprague-Dawley rats were pair-fed a 30% casein diet supplemented with a 10% keto acid mixture (n = 10) or 10% cornstarch (n = 10) for 18 weeks.
(19) Preliminary experience with the use of sodium bicarbonate as a substitute for cornstarch derivatives to "lubricate" surgical gloves has proved promising in eliminating the hazard of starch peritonitis.
(20) Maximum plasma glucose concentrations in the sturgeon fed fructose, galactose, sucrose, lactose, dextrin, raw cornstarch or cellulose were not significantly different.
Flour
Definition:
(n.) The finely ground meal of wheat, or of any other grain; especially, the finer part of meal separated by bolting; hence, the fine and soft powder of any substance; as, flour of emery; flour of mustard.
(v. t.) To grind and bolt; to convert into flour; as, to flour wheat.
(v. t.) To sprinkle with flour.
Example Sentences:
(1) The physical effects of chlorination as demonstrated by experiments with batters and cakes and by physicochemical observations of flour and its fractions are also considered.
(2) Basic foodstuffs, such as flour, sugar and edible oils, are heavily subsidised.
(3) Soybean proteins are widely used in human foods in a variety of forms, including infant formulas, flour, protein concentrates, protein isolates, soy sauces, textured soy fibers, and tofu.
(4) Nevertheless, the food conversion index of the chicks consuming the diet prepared with fish silage proved to be better that the conversion index of the diet prepared with fish and soy flours.
(5) Pancreatic growth was studied after partial resection of the normal-sized pancreas in rats fed heated soya flour (HSF) or the enlarged gland in rats fed raw soya flour (RSF).
(6) Similarly, changes were observed in the distribution of the apparent molecular weights of gliadins from heated flours by using gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE).
(7) In another experiment the effect of cooking-extrusion on lupine flour (L. albus) was investigated and the chemical composition, protein efficiency ratio, methionine supplementation and digestibility of the protein were measured.
(8) Specific anti-wheat, rye and barley flour IgE antibodies were found by RAST.
(9) Scoop some of the flour mixture over the top of each piece and press down with the back of your hand, making sure it's completely coated.
(10) Urinary and fecal estrogen excretion were studied in male rats fed a non-fiber wheat starch diet (dietary fiber less than 1%; NF group; n = 4), a low-fiber wheat flour diet (dietary fiber 2%; LF group; n = 4) or a high-fiber wheat bran diet (dietary fiber 11.6%; HF group; n = 3).
(11) It is concluded that vitamin-D deficiency in Asian immigrants could be substantially reduced by fortification of chupatty flour with vitamin D.
(12) It is possible that the reduction in this enzyme may be of some importance in determining the susceptibility of the pancreas to carcinogenesis observed with long term soy flour feeding.
(13) Under an abandoned flour mill and in a "howling, freezing" power station, he had "eaten sandwiches and coffee coated thick with dust".
(14) On the other hand, introduction of the mixed protein into a diet based on flour plus tuna sterilized at 115 degrees C for 90 minutes, was not capable of maintaining the optimum patterns for weight evolution.
(15) Of 1353 cereal samples, 11.7% contained the mycotoxin; of 1372 samples of feed, 1.5%; of 368 bread samples, 17.2%; of 215 flour samples, 22.3%; of 894 porcine serum samples, 37.4%; and of 1065 human serum samples, 7.2%.
(16) The above results indicate that proteases S1, S2, S3 and S4 from defatted soybean flour can be classified as acid proteases.
(17) Absurdly, the shops lack local staples – sugar, milk, flour – but are well stocked with subsidised imports such as single-malt whisky and Italian panettone.
(18) Rheological properties of flour and quality parameters of bread are changed to a greater or lesser extent, among other, by addition of free amino acids.
(19) When flours are heated below 80 degrees C the chromatograms showed no significant change.
(20) 3 children required hospitalization for intravenous therapy, but the rest responded well to the rice flour based ORS.