(n.) A plant (Solanum Melongena), of East Indian origin, allied to the tomato, and bearing a large, smooth, edible fruit, shaped somewhat like an egg; mad-apple.
Example Sentences:
(1) Some insight into the contribution of the protein could be gained from comparison of TYMV and eggplant mosaic virus (EMV), a virus similar to TYMV although its top component contains low molecular mass RNA's able to bind various amino acids.
(2) A trypsin inhibitor was extracted from eggplant exocarps with several buffers.
(3) We isolated eight avirulent mutants after screening 6,000 kanamycin-resistant transconjugants by inoculating eggplant (Solanum melongena L. cv.
(4) The belladonna mottle virus is more closely related to eggplant mosaic virus than to turnip yellow mosaic virus, the type member of this group, as evident from the sequence homologies of 57 and 32%, respectively.
(5) At the heart of the operation are two sprawling rooftop greenhouses — currently totaling 1.75 acres — that produce a range of vegetables: greens and herbs, peppers and eggplants.
(6) In the present study, we separated and partially purified brown substances from eggplants and examined their inhibitory action on trypsin activity.
(7) The reactive site peptide bond of the eggplant inhibitor against trypsin [EC 3.4.21.4] was identified by chemical modifications with 1,2-cyclohexanedione, 2,4,6-trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid, acetic anhydride and glyoxal, and by sequential treatments with trypsin and carboxypeptidase B [EC 3.4.12.3].
(8) At the top of the menu: potato and eggplant salad with arugula and onion seed vinaigrette and red lentil soup.
(9) A few days later, three farmers’ market sheds decorated with colorful paintings of strawberries and eggplants were placed, unannounced, at the end of the one-way roundabout, physically tracing the city limits in all their glorious quaintness, and once more taking up the full width of the street.
(10) Lufa Farms, Montreal, Canada Lufa Farms has two sprawling rooftop greenhouses that produce greens, herbs, peppers and eggplants, which it delivers to approximately 4,000 customers each week.
(11) A third article, in the Dhaka Tribune , claimed that Helena Paul – which it described as a "London-based importer of vegetables" – had written to the government in December to "warn that the European Union would stop vegetable imports if any such genetically-modified eggplant is detected in a consignment."
(12) The sequence of the RNA genome of an isolate of eggplant mosaic tymovirus from Trinidad (EMV-Trin) has been determined.
(13) Photograph: Kate Berry A handful of vegetables, early garlic, eggplant, zucchini, onion and pasata make a simple veg stew; add some fresh-cut parsley to a generous serving of couscous and you’ll soon see a happy man.
(14) Lipoxygenase activity in three cultivars (purple, green, and white) of eggplant, Solanum melongena, were compared.
(15) I had such a moment when I attended a barbecue at my parents' house on a late spring afternoon, the backyard full of the smell of charred meat, the perfume of roasted capsicum and eggplant.
(16) The chymotryptic peptides were aligned by overlapping sequences of tryptic peptides and by homology with another tymovirus, eggplant mosaic virus.
(17) We have mainly studied eggplant mosaic virus which presents two types of particles.
(18) For Abdel Aziz, a 45-year-old farmer, Ethiopia's plans mean that his extended family of 28, which supports itself on a 10th-of-a-hectare plot of corn, okra and eggplant fields, may go hungry.
(19) The enzyme from eggplant is maximally active at a substrate concentration of 0.15 mM acetylthiocholine and is inhibited at higher substrate concentrations.
(20) The trypsin inhibitor in eggplant, Solanum melongena L., was isolated and purified by the improved method with the techniques of dialysis using acetylated cellulose tube and ion-exchange chromatography on DEAE-Sephadex.