(n.) A hydrocarbon oil obtained by the distillation of resin, -- used in printer's ink.
Example Sentences:
(1) The results indicate that CRALBP X 11-cis-retinol is sufficiently stereoselective in its binding properties to warrant consideration as a component of the mechanism for the generation of 11-cis-retinaldehyde in the dark.
(2) The methods discussed here are versatile procedures that have been effective for the quantification of retinoic acid and retinol in plasma or serum, cells in culture, and animal tissues.
(3) Pediatric) (280 micrograms retinol; 160 IU vitamin D; 2.8 mg tocopherol; 0.68 mg riboflavin) in a lipid emulsion, Intralipid.
(4) The first phase was induced by the action of retinol alone and not inhibited by TXA2 receptor antagonist.
(5) Carotenoids are absorbed and then partially converted to retinol in the enterocytes.
(6) The transport constant for specific retinol accumulation from RBP was 3.0 microM, suggesting that any change in the normal circulating retinol-RBP level (approximately 2 microM) would directly affect the rate of retinol accumulation.
(7) The enzyme xanthine oxidase is involved not only in the conversion of xanthine to uric acid but also in that of retinol to its more toxic metabolite, retinoic acid.
(8) With a bi-directional (up-down) gradient-elution technique both packings are useful for the determination of serum levels of carotenoids and retinol in serum extracts.
(9) Taken together, our results have demonstrated direct trophic effects of RA on spinal cord neurons and have suggested another role for astrocytes in the maintenance of normal neural physiology by regulating RA concentrations through the oxidation of retinol.
(10) Dialysed or heat-inactivated FBS or fatty-acid-free albumin was as effective as FBS in provoking ester hydrolysis and retinol release.
(11) Host response to nutritional therapy was monitored with plasma prealbumin and retinol-binding protein levels which did not change significantly in either group.
(12) These findings suggest that neither serum levels of selenium nor those of retinol have an appreciable effect on the risk of cancer.
(13) We measured parasitemia, mortality, serum retinol, liver retinol, spleen weight, and degree of xerophthalmia in vitamin A-deficient rats (A-), pair-fed control rats (A+PF), and ad libitum-fed control rats (A+AL) infected with Plasmodium berghei, a rodent malarial parasite.
(14) Among the identical residues there is one tryptophan at position 19 which is conserved in beta-lactoglobulins and is also found in the human retinol-binding protein at the corresponding position.
(15) Hence, the premature infant faces extrauterine adaptation with less total reserves of retinol than does the term infant.
(16) High maternal vitamin A intake results in high retinol transport to the fetus.
(17) Thus, the results of this study indicate that retinal is an obligatory intermediate in the hepatic production of retinoic acid from retinol and that cytosolic and microsomal retinol dehydrogenases play a key role in this process.
(18) This indicated either a higher degree of retinol metabolism or a sequestration of RA in the limb bud compared to the rest of the embryo at this stage of development.
(19) RA, which is one of the most active metabolites of retinol, is also present in low concentration in the blood and the RA rate formation varies from tissues depending on specific need of the cell.
(20) In conclusion, 17 of 23 children with persistent diarrhea had abnormal CIC results, significantly low serum retinol levels, and significantly high RDR results, although they had not yet manifested xerophthalmia.
Vegetable
Definition:
(v.) Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable growths, juices, etc.
(v.) Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable kingdom.
(v.) Plants having distinct flowers and true seeds.
(v.) Plants without true flowers, and reproduced by minute spores of various kinds, or by simple cell division.
(n.) A plant. See Plant.
(n.) A plant used or cultivated for food for man or domestic animals, as the cabbage, turnip, potato, bean, dandelion, etc.; also, the edible part of such a plant, as prepared for market or the table.
Example Sentences:
(1) An automated continuous flow sample cleanup system intended for rapid screening of foods for pesticide residues in fresh and processed vegetables has been developed.
(2) Among the pathological or abnormal ECGs (25.6%) prevailed the vegetative-functional heart diseases with 92%.
(3) First, it has diverted grain away from food for fuel, with over a third of US corn now used to produce ethanol and about half of vegetable oils in the EU going towards the production of biodiesel.
(4) Try the sweet potato falafel, quinoa, roast vegetables, harissa and sumac yogurt ($23).
(5) Adults and immatures of Ixodes pacificus Cooley & Kohls were collected by flagging vegetation and from lizards during a 3-mo period in the Hualapai Mountain Park, Mohave County, AZ, in 1991.
(6) An sdh-specific transcript of about 3,450 nucleotides was detected in vegetative bacteria.
(7) In addition, spontaneous platelet aggregation is increased when vegetations are present on cardiac valves.
(8) ); and 3) those that multiply and produce large numbers of vegetative cells in the food, then release an active enterotoxin when they sporulate in the gut.
(9) The patients had a high AP, consumed more alcohol, were more well-fed, older and consumed more refined carbohydrates per 1 kg bw and less cholesterol and vegetable protein.
(10) Equal numbers of handled and unhandled puparia were planted out at different densities (1, 2, 4 or 8 per linear metre) in fifty-one natural puparial sites in four major vegetation types.
(11) We have used two monoclonal antibodies to demonstrate the presence and localization of actin in interphase and mitotic vegetative cells of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
(12) Instead, they say, we should only eat plenty of lean meat and fish, with fruit and raw vegetables on the side.
(13) Using morhological, neurohistological and histochemical methods the author studied different areas and anatomical structures of the central and peripheral somatic and vegetative nervous system in 4 patients who had died during different periods of rheumatoid arthritis at the age of 27, 48, 51, and 60.
(14) The Xenopus Vg1 gene encodes a maternal mRNA that is localized to the vegetal hemisphere of both oocytes and embryos and encodes a protein related to the TGF-beta family of small secreted growth factors.
(15) This site is present in both vegetative cells and postaggregation cells.
(16) Sterile vegetations were produced in rabbits by placing catheters in the inferior vena cava, tricuspid or aortic valves, and thoracic or abdominal aorta and then were infected by the intravenous inoculation of Streptococcus sanguis.
(17) In the third part, the practical application of this knowledge to processed foods is shown using milk and vegetable protein as examples.
(18) Strong positive associations were found in both sexes for low fruit and vegetable consumption, high intake of salted meat and "mate" ingestion.
(19) Heat vegetable oil and a little bit of butter in a clean pan and fry the egg to your taste.
(20) Headache, vegetative und neurological symptoms are frequent but not necessary companions.