News tagged with natural ingredients


Stronger material for filling dental cavities has ingredients from human body

Stronger material for filling dental cavities has ingredients from human body

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists in Canada and China are reporting development of a new dental filling material that substitutes natural ingredients from the human body for controversial ingredients in existing “composite,” or ...


German researchers testing veggie Viagra: reports

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

German researchers are testing an impotency treatment for men made using only natural ingredients that in some cases works better than Viagra, newspapers reported Monday.





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Marijuana ingredients show promise in battling superbugs

Chemistry /

created Sep 08, 2008 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (21) | comments 0

Substances in marijuana show promise for fighting deadly drug-resistant bacterial infections, including so-called "superbugs," without causing the drug's mood-altering effects, scientists in Italy and the United Kingdom are ...


Pure fructose frequently confused with high fructose corn syrup

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 4

As researchers continue to examine the role of sweeteners in the diet, it's important that people understand the differences among various ingredients used in scientific studies, according to the Corn Refiners Association ...


Honey adds health benefits, is natural preservative and sweetener in salad dressings

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 09, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Antioxidant-rich honey is a healthy alternative to chemical additives and refined sweeteners in commercial salad dressings, said a new University of Illinois study.


FDA seizes sexual enhancement products

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 10, 2008 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the seizure by U.S. marshals of more than 14,000 units of Shangai- and Naturale-brand diet supplements.


Natural ingredient preserves meat quality in precooked supermarket offerings

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 28, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Grape-seed extract is a viable natural alternative to synthetic ingredients that preserve meat quality in pre-cooked, frozen and refrigerated ready-to-eat meals, such as individual diet entrees or family-sized trays of frozen ...


Screening the herbal pharmacy

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 04, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Curing cancer with natural products – a case for shamans and herb women? Not at all, for many chemotherapies to fight cancer applied in modern medicine are natural products or were developed on the basis of natural substances. ...


Coal reemerges as important raw material in chemical manufacturing industry

Chemistry /

created Mar 17, 2008 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

With oil prices hovering around $100 per barrel, coal is reemerging as a key raw material in the manufacture of the basic chemical materials used to make plastics, fertilizers, and hundreds of other products, according to ...


Food For Life spelt bread is recalled

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 19, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the voluntary recall of Food For Life brand spelt grain bread due to a labeling error.


New triple-threat weapon needed in war between man and microbe

New triple-threat weapon needed in war between man and microbe

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created Mar 24, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 2

Mankind’s age-old battle against infectious diseases stands to rage on and on, unless scientists develop a new generation of triple-action antibiotics, according to an article scheduled for the March 28 issue ...


Sandia's microencapsulation project gives local entrepreneur warm glow

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created Dec 17, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Microencapsulation isn't a new technology, but it's always finding new applications. Familiar uses include the scratch-and-sniff perfume ads in magazines, certain time-release pharmaceuticals, and (perhaps mostly for an older ...



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