(n.) A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one or more integuments, or coverings; as, an apple seed; a currant seed. By germination it produces a new plant.
(n.) Any small seedlike fruit, though it may consist of a pericarp, or even a calyx, as well as the seed proper; as, parsnip seed; thistle seed.
(n.) The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm; -- not used in the plural.
(n.) That from which anything springs; first principle; original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice.
(n.) The principle of production.
(n.) Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; the seed of David.
(n.) Race; generation; birth.
(v. t.) To sprinkle with seed; to plant seeds in; to sow; as, to seed a field.
(v. t.) To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
Example Sentences:
(1) Thus, a dietary 'no observable effect level' for subchronic ingestion of C. obtusifolia seed in rats was less than 0.15%.
(2) Cells (1 x 10(5)) were seeded in 12- x -75-mm tissue culture tubes and incubated with various doses of IL-1 beta, IL-1 alpha, TNF-alpha, and IFN-gamma, alone or in specific combinations, for 15 min, two, 12, 24, and 72 h. PGE concentrations in the media were measured by radio-immunoassay.
(3) Cissus quadrangularis was mutagenic, while 'decoctions' of cumin seeds, aniseeds and ginger were not.
(4) The major protein component in seeds is storage protein.
(5) He fashioned alliances with France in the 1950s, and planted the seeds for Israel’s embryonic electronics and aircraft industries.
(6) Furthermore, the animals did not increase their intake of sunflower seeds, a preferred diet for hamsters.
(7) Although not yet characterized, glycinin-related genes could encode other glycinin subunit families whose members accumulate in minor amounts in seeds.
(8) A procedure for cultivation of the seed material for biosynthesis of eremomycin providing an increase in the antibiotic yield by 24 per cent was developed.
(9) At 10 weeks only the seeded grafts could be assessed because all of the control grafts had occluded.
(10) Cells dissociated from 6-day rat cerebellum were seeded on glass coverslips coated with polylysine on one half and hyaluronectin on the other.
(11) The observed signals from germinating seeds of Phaseolus aures and decaying leaves of Eucalyptus are presented to show that the signals have characteristic kinetics and intensity.
(12) The accumulation of the mRNA corresponding to a rice high pI alpha-amylase gene, OSamy-c, was stimulated 20-fold by exogenous GA3 in half-seeds lacking embryos.
(13) Previous work from this laboratory had shown that Leguminosa seed extracts contain lectin-bound proteins.
(14) We therefore surveyed patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) regarding early adult consumption of fruits and vegetables usually eaten raw, with seeds that are swallowed or scraped with the teeth.
(15) Y-79 cells, seeded into a Matrigel matrix, form round colonies over a 3-week period similar to those of control, weakly metastatic murine melanoma cells.
(16) During the procedure of coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG), the release of free oxygen radicals as a result of ischemia and reperfusion which plants the seeds of post-operative low cardiac output and arrhythmias has grave consequence on the reestablishment of cardiac function.
(17) Production of the vaccine basically consists in the multiplication of the working seed under standardized, well-defined conditions guaranteeing consistency of the vaccine lots.
(18) In cereals and legume seeds the activity of chymotrypsin inhibitors is generally lower than that of the trypsin inhibitors.
(19) The amino acid sequence of the smaller subunit of conglutin gamma, the simplest of the three globulins from the seeds of Lupinus angustifolius cv.
(20) Virus in the seed lot was not identified correctly, and the titer of homologous antiserum was mistakenly considered to be low as a result of neutralization tests conducted with the aggregated virus.
Sesame
Definition:
(n.) Either of two annual herbaceous plants of the genus Sesamum (S. Indicum, and S. orientale), from the seeds of which an oil is expressed; also, the small obovate, flattish seeds of these plants, sometimes used as food. See Benne.
Example Sentences:
(1) Group-2 mares (n = 32) were given a single dose of progesterone (625 mg, IM) in sesame oil.
(2) Preliminary results in humans indicate that 3H-I was absorbed to a much greater extent following oral administration of the drug in sesame oil than when admixed with lactose.
(3) A case of contact sensitivity to the unsaponifiable substances in sesame oil is reported.
(4) No effect of TRH was observed in ovariectomized rats given sesame oil and E2-17 beta treatment did not influence plasma prolactin in rats given saline instead of TRH.
(5) Guinea pigs treated with estradiol or progesterone plus estradiol manifested an acute endometritis not observed in animals treated with progesterone alone or in controls receiving sesame oil.
(6) When phenylephrine base was suspended in sesame oil at 0.045, 0.12, and 0.45 M, the mydriatic activity was also greater than equimolar suspensions of phenylephrine HCl.
(7) Male and female pups were administered sesame oil, testosterone propionate (TP; 25 micrograms) or estradiol benzoate (EB; 10 micrograms) on postnatal Days 2 and 3.
(8) Breads were made with these systems, as follows: 100% sesame flour, 100% wheat flour, 50% sesame flour + 50% wheat flour; 30% sesame flour + 70% wheat flour; 30% sesame flour + 30% soybean flour + 40% wheat flour.
(9) Methyl testosterone (MT) and 17 beta-estradiol (E2), suspended either in sesame oil (and injected on alternate days) or in warm hydrogenated coconut oil (and injected once in the form of an "implant"), were administered intraperitoneally to nonvitellogenic rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri Richardson).
(10) Using a procedure designed to minimize errors arising from spin relaxation and nuclear Overhauser effects, 13C-NMR peak integrals were used to quantitate alpha-tocopherol and delta-tocopherol in the presence of sesame oil using benzoic acid as the standard for calibration of the quantitation.
(11) The HCl salt was formulated as a viscous aqueous solution and as a sesame oil suspension.
(12) Thirty days following surgery, rats received either no treatment, a sesame oil vehicle or TP for 14 days prior to, and then during testing.
(13) Lee, a member of the LGBT advocacy group in Northern Ireland Queer Space, wanted a cake featuring Sesame Street puppets Bert and Ernie with the slogan: support gay marriage.
(14) Vitamin E activity of sesame seed, which contains only gamma-tocopherol, a compound that has vitamin E activity equal to only 6-16% that of alpha-tocopherol, was examined in two experiments.
(15) What they say "You are an enigma wrapped in a riddle nestled in a sesame seed bun of mystery" – Stephen Colbert
(16) The ability of the capsules to block the action of morphine in vivo was assessed by injection of a sesame seed oil suspension into Holtzman rats.
(17) To determine if esterification of these androgens altered their ability to induce vaginal mucification, ovariectomized rats, pretreated for 3 days with 0.25 mug estradiol-17beta, were treated for 8 days with either sesame oil or 7 mumoles of testosterone, 5alpha-DHT and their respective propionate and benzoate esters.
(18) Coating the 5-0 and 6-0 Dexon and Vicryl sutures to smooth their surfaces and reduce tissue-drag was ineffective with isotonic saline solution, minimally to moderately effective with glycerine and with methylcellulose and polyvinyl alcohol solutions, but highly effective with peanut and sesame oils.
(19) Hormonal determinations were made, during the 5th or 6th estrous cycle after DMBA treatment, in groups of 4-day cycling rats of both strains which were given DMBA or the carrier solution (sesame oil) when they were about 55-days old.
(20) (1) Anti-androgenic steroid TSAA-291 and its esters in the subcutaneously injected sesame oil solution were selectively absorbed into the general circulation at different rates according to their chemical nature and structures, while the oil itself remained at the injected site for a considerably long period.