(n.) The calcined ashes of seaweed, -- formerly much used in the manufacture of glass, now used in the manufacture of iodine.
(n.) Any large blackish seaweed.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is reliable and simple--The coefficients of variation for 1.0-5.0 micrograms As (III), kelp and dried small shrimp samples are 1.5-5.6%, 4.4% and 9.5%, respectively.
(2) Natural bacteria in the stomachs would digest the kelp, breaking it down into CO2 and methane.
(3) Thus the water-conserving action of plasma AVT on the kelp gull kidney involves contributions from both glomerular and tubular mechanisms over the entire physiological range found in these birds.
(4) Two separate short- and long-term experiments were carried out on rats fed a diet with 2% kelp.
(5) Iodine-enriched (IE) eggs are produced by chickens fed a diet containing kelp.
(6) There was a more-intense positive reaction in the hepatic cells in the peripheral zones of the lobules in the kelp-fed and untreated rats and a less-intense positive reaction in control rats.
(7) The lipids of the fine inner lining (tunica interna) of the swim bladder from a shallow water fish, the kelp bass (Paralabrax clathratus), had essentially the same composition as the much more abundant swim bladder material from the deep ocean fishes.
(8) Included in the study were tablets of alfalfa, parsley, kelp, wheat bran, enzyme, bone meal, and vitamins.
(9) The actions of plasma AII in kelp gulls support the concept that this hormone plays a vital role in avian osmoregulation, having effects on both salt gland and kidney function.
(10) He estimates that if kelp forests were established on 4% of the ocean surface, they could remove around 70% of the CO2 currently emitted by humans.
(11) The results indicate that kelp bass accommodation motor neurons lie primarily if not entirely within the ciliary ganglion.
(12) A statistically significant reduction of 125I uptake by the thyroid, 3 hours after intragastric administration of the radionuclide at a dosage of 18.5 kBq or 185 kBq in 0.3 ml aqueous solution per mouse, was observed in mice previously fed the experimental diets containing 1% and 2% kelp during periods varying from 24 hours to 7 days.
(13) In long-term experiment, the amounts of GSH-Px and selenium in livers of kelp-fed rats were slightly less than those in untreated control rats but more than those in control rats.
(14) Thus, we conclude that previously fed iodine-rich material, especially dietary seaweeds rich in iodine and other minerals, vitamins, and beta-carotene, such as kelps or laver supplemented with inorganic iodine, may be effective in prevention of internal radiation injury of the thyroid.
(15) The recoveries of kelp and dried small shrimp samples are 82.0-102.6% and 83.0-97.1%, respectively.
(16) A causal relationship between the intake of the kelp preparation and the thyrotoxic episode could not be established beyond all possible doubt, but the clinical picture and clear temporal relationship strongly pointed in this direction.
(17) In this study, the effect of the dietary kelp on lipid peroxidation and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activity in the liver was studied in the same experimental system.
(18) Unlike our finding in kelp bass, [14C]TMAO was not recovered in liver, although low amounts of labeled TMA were found (0.4% of administered dose).
(19) We frequently see humpback whales interacting and playing with kelp, which is almost like a rope structure.
(20) We swam out along the east side and were rewarded by a view of a big edible crab scuttling between the kelp.
Seaweed
Definition:
(n.) Popularly, any plant or plants growing in the sea.
(n.) Any marine plant of the class Algae, as kelp, dulse, Fucus, Ulva, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) A rich protein solution obtained from the seaweed was assayed for myorelaxant, anticonvulsant and analgesic activity and for its effects on spontaneous locomotor activity, amphetamine-induced hypermotility, exploratory behaviour, barbiturate-induced sleep, and body temperature.
(2) Relying on traditional medicine, all 20 women reported eating brown seaweed soup for 20 days after childbirth, and 5 said that they took tonic herbs during the puerperium.
(3) The microbial populations of the rumens of seaweed-fed and pasture-fed Orkney sheep were examined.
(4) Using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay we measured IgA, IgG, and IgM antibody titers to three MPA strains, extracts of those strains, and seaweed-derived sodium alginate, which is similar chemically to the exopolysaccharide of MPA.
(5) Guillermo Diaz-Pulido, a Griffith University associate professor, said the research was “a major step forward in understanding how seaweeds can harm corals and has important implications for comprehending the consequences of increased carbon dioxide emissions on the health of the Great Barrier Reef”.
(6) Fresh seaweed offered to sheep with symptoms of copper toxicity appeared to be therapeutic and to lead to a reduction in plasma Cu level.
(7) Total ciliate populations were quantitatively similar, but in the seaweed-fed animals Dasytricha ruminantium was one of the most dominant species.
(8) If I turn my head to one side, I find I can actually breathe through the seaweed.
(9) Scientists previously knew that increased carbon in the atmosphere – which is absorbed by oceans, making them more acidic – affected the behaviour of seaweed.
(10) Plain dried agar, an extract of seaweed, is low cost and low risk; it can bind bilirubin in the gut, decreasing its enterohepatic circulation, thereby decreasing serum levels.
(11) Two kinds of herbivorous rabbit-fish – the dusty spine-foot and its cousin the marbled spine-foot – have destroyed vast swaths of underwater seaweed forests in the eastern Mediterranean, after migrating through the Suez in recent decades.
(12) When Lisette Kreischer created the Dutch Weed Burger , a plant-based burger, she and her co-founder Mark Kulsdom didn’t just want it to be a vegan alternative to meat; they wanted to encourage people to rethink their consumption habits through the promotion of a food source that’s at the bottom of the food chain – seaweed.
(13) A sulphated heteropolysaccharide, [alpha]D +59 degrees, was isolated from a green seaweed, Spongomorpha indica, by extraction with ammonium oxalate.
(14) Here they mill flour, brew vinegar, season with seaweed, grow their own mushrooms and cure their own meat.
(15) An antileukemic activity of partially purified polysaccharide of an edible seaweed.
(16) Cytotoxic activities were found for partition fractions of 21 species of seaweed.
(17) At Mjoifjordur the stripes of seaweed follow the contours of the shoreline in bright colours – lilac, red and gold.
(18) Such a method is the use of laminaria tents made from the seaweed Laminaria japonica, which, when dried, has the capability of absorbing water and slowly expanding.
(19) Unless the ocean temperature return to normal within a month or two, the coral dies and gets taken over by a blanket of seaweed.
(20) 1,4-Dimethoxy-2-(3-methyl-2-butenyl)-naphthalene [3] was the major low polarity component of extracts of this seaweed, which also contained 2,3-dihydro-2,2-bis(3-methyl-2-butenyl)-1,4-naphthalenedione [6] and 2-(3-methyl-2-butenyl)-2,3-epoxy- 1,4-naphthalenedione 4,4-dimethoxy ketal [7].