(n.) The characteristic fluid of any vegetable or animal substance; the sap or part which can be expressed from fruit, etc.; the fluid part which separates from meat in cooking.
(v. t.) To moisten; to wet.
Example Sentences:
(1) A quantitative index of duodenogastric reflux was obtained in each case by determining the percentage of the injected dose of 99mTechnetium-DISIDA that was recovered by continuous aspiration of gastric juice in fasting subjects.
(2) The cryptoxanthin esters varied from 5 to 10% of the total carotenoids in Valencia orange juice concentrates and from 10 to 15% of the total carotenoids in Navel orange juice concentrates.
(3) The treatment group received 75 mg of roxatidine acetate hydrochloride at 9 PM and 12 to 13 hours later gastric juice secretion was measured with gastric x-ray films in both groups.
(4) Using an anti-serum directed against the COOH-terminal region of neurotensin and an anti-serum raised xenopsin in radioimmunoassays, the presence of neurotensin- and xenopsin-like immunoreactivity in Sep-pak extracts of human gastric juice was demonstrated.
(5) This study shows that the presence of pancreatic juice in the duodenal lumen enhances the fat-stimulated release of enteric hormones that have a stimulatory action on the enteroacinar and enteroinsular axis as well as an inhibitory action (enterogastrone-like activity) on the postprandial regulation of gastric function.
(6) One hundred and two rats were subjected to one of following three surgical procedures: Antiperistaltic duodenogastric reflux (ADGR) was made for duodenal juice to reflux through the pylorus into the stomach.
(7) Put in a large bowl, add the parsley, oil and lemon juice, and gently toss.
(8) The digestive juice showed no action on acetyl-L-tyrosine and benzoyl-L-arginine ethyl esters.
(9) Gastric juice was examined in terms not only of conventional indices, observed volume, titratable acidity and acid output, but also Vg, the volume corrected for pyloric loss and duodenal reflux.
(10) Asparagine, arginine, isoleucine and phenylalanine administered under the stimulation of secretin-pancreozymin significantly inhibited the secretion of pancreatic juice by 23%, 15%, 13% and 13%, and the output of amylase by 53%, 37%, 27% and 18%, respectively.
(11) The results are consistent with an action of banana tree juice on the molecule responsible for excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal muscle, resulting in a labilization of intracellular Ca2+.
(12) [Na+],[Cl-)and[alkali]were determined in the alkaline gastric juice samples (pH greater than 7.0).
(13) In accordance with the admixture theory of the exocrine pancreatic secretion a linear relation between concentrations of bicarbonate and protein in the pancreatic juice is to be expected.2.
(14) Thus it can be tentatively suggested that it is prokallikrein A which is secreted into the pancreatic juice and represents the physiologically important zymogen.
(15) Total bacterial counts, nitrate-reducing bacteria and nitrite concentration were determined in fasting gastric juice before and after 4 weeks of treatment with a strong or with a mild antacid drug, a placebo preparation and the spasmolytic agent papaverine which is known to inhibit gastric evacuation.
(16) The microbial overgrowth syndrome of the small bowel (MOS) is characterized by clinically found symptoms of increased metabolic activities of microorganisms existing in a great number in the intestinal juice of these patients.
(17) Using this system, it was possible to separate and quantify each of the nine major proteins present in a small sample of pancreatic juice in 40 min.
(18) This appears to be caused by persistent reflux of gastric juice across a mechanically defective lower esophageal sphincter.
(19) At the same time, biochemical modifications of the pancreatic juice were described in alcoholics; later on, a new family of pancreatic secretory protein, the so-called "Pancreatic Stone Protein" was discovered.
(20) Add the onion, cook for three minutes, stirring, until softened, then add the wine, sage, lemon peel, lemon juice and 150ml water.
Nectar
Definition:
(n.) The drink of the gods (as ambrosia was their food); hence, any delicious or inspiring beverage.
(n.) A sweetish secretion of blossoms from which bees make honey.
Example Sentences:
(1) The unusual behavior characterized as "bubbling" was interpreted as either thermoregulation or a nectar concentration.
(2) Gonotrophic-age structure of a population of Aedes provocans (Walker) and nectar sources used by adults were studied for 2 yr at a field site near Belleville, Ontario, Canada.
(3) The EFSA report found the risk to honeybees from drifting pesticide dust was high when fipronil was used as a seed treatment for maize, but did not have the data to assess the risk from its use on sunflowers, or the risk via pollen and nectar, or the risk to other bees and pollinators.
(4) While some worker bees remain at home, others take flight in search of nectar, pollen and other hive essentials.
(5) As one of the gods fled with a pitcher of the nectar across the skies, it spilled on four Indian towns: Allahabad, Nasik, Ujjain and Haridwar.
(6) Twenty-eight exposures were the result of sucking nectar from the flower; the remainder involved ingestion of leaves or flowers.
(7) Salads might feature watermelon, pickled rinds and cashews, while cocktails are little belters: the Del Bac Date ($12), made with Tucson’s malt whisky and local fruit, is purest nectar.
(8) Apparently, these mosquitoes take little or no nectar during the day, and feed soon after the onset of darkness.
(9) The roles require drastically different behaviours, with nurses feeding the larvae and performing royal grooming duties, and foragers navigating great distances and performing complex dance routines to point others in the direction of rich sources of nectar.
(10) This is the first time that ultraviolet absorption in a nectar guide has been interpreted in chemical terms.
(11) alpha-glucosidase activity is elevated in the posterior midgut after feeding in response to the blood meal, whereas activity in the anterior midgut is consistent with a nectar-processing role for this midgut region.
(12) vexans had later peak nectar-feeding times than females.
(13) Levels of DA in the brain of nectar and pollen forager bees, presumed to be among the oldest adults sampled, were found to be significantly higher than in nurses, undertakers or food storers.
(14) Grayanotoxins are known to occur in the honey produced from the nectar of Rhododendron ponticum growing on the mountains of the eastern Black Sea region of Turkey and also in Japan, Nepal, Brazil, and some parts of North America and Europe.
(15) Oilseed rape is likely to be particularly damaging , according to the researchers, because the active compounds of the neonicotinoid pesticides are not just applied to the surface but expressed in the plant’s tissues, meaning that bees can ingest the chemicals in the nectar and pollen of affected crops.
(16) Honeybees, too, employ complex navigational skills to find their way to and from distant sources of nectar and pollen.
(17) During our study, it was observed to feed on only five species of plant and mainly on the nectar-producing parts (flowers and nectaries) of four of these species.
(18) The presence of fructose, as detected by the cold Anthrone test, indicated that both parous and nulliparous flies routinely imbibe nectars as part of their foraging behavior.
(19) A spokesman for Syngenta, which manufactures thiamethoxam, said: “Crop-measured pollen and nectar residues from thiamethoxam seed-treated oilseed rape is typically less than 3ppb.
(20) The distribution and relative frequency of occurrence of gastrointestinal endocrine cells exhibiting immunoreactivity to eleven peptides and one amine were examined immunohistochemically in the gastrointestinal mucosa of the adult honey possum which feeds almost exclusively on nectar and pollen.