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Plants choose ammunition carefully
Sep 03, 2009 |
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Plants are anything but as defenceless as they might seem. Various plant hormones work together to specifically fend off attacks. Dutch researcher Antonio Leon-Reyes has now shown how these hormones cooperate. By 'consulting' ...
Researchers unravel role of priming in plant immunity
Apr 02, 2009 |
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Scientists have discovered a naturally occurring compound that triggers a plant's immune system, thereby protecting the plant from a secondary bacterial infection.
The Beaver as Chemist: Total Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure Nupharamine Alkaloids from Castoreum
Feb 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Castoreum, the dried scent glands of the Canadian beaver, was once one of the most valuable scent components derived from animals. Castoreum contains a complex mixture of substances, including a number of ...
New evidence that people make aspirin's active principle -- salicylic acid
Jan 12, 2009 |
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Scientists in the United Kingdom are reporting new evidence that humans can make their own salicylic acid (SA) — the material formed when aspirin breaks down in the body. SA, which is responsible for aspirin's renowned effects ...
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New evidence that people make aspirin's active principle -- salicylic acid
Dec 22, 2008 |
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Scientists in the United Kingdom are reporting new evidence that humans can make their own salicylic acid (SA) — the material formed when aspirin breaks down in the body. SA, which is responsible for aspirin's renowned effects ...
Treating acne: 2 different acid peels are both effective, study finds
Feb 06, 2008 |
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Chemical peels using either alpha-hydroxy acid or beta-hydroxy acid are both highly effective in treating mild to moderately severe facial acne, researchers at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine have found – the ...
Agent that triggers immune response in plants is uncovered
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Oct 04, 2007 |
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Although plants lack humans' T cells and other immune-function cells to signal and fight infection, scientists have known for more than 100 years that plants still somehow signal that they have been attacked in order to trigger ...
A plastic pill for periodontal problems
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 14, 2006 |
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Rutgers scientists announced a revolutionary new treatment for killing the bacteria that attack gum tissue during periodontal disease, while also promoting healing and the regeneration of tissue and bone around the teeth. ...
Study links folic acid supplements to asthma
Nov 04, 2009 |
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A University of Adelaide study may have shed light on the rise in childhood asthma in developed countries like Australia in recent decades.
Folic acid -- mandatory fortification may be unnecessary
Aug 17, 2009 |
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Persistently present levels of unmetabolized folic acid found in the population indicate that introducing mandatory food fortification may result in an 'overdosing' effect. A study of blood donors, new mothers and babies, ...
Cause of common chronic diarrhea revealed in new research
Nov 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A common type of chronic diarrhoea may be caused by a hormone deficiency, according to new research published in the November issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. The author ...
Improving China's acid rain control strategy
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Scientists are reporting the first evidence that China's sharp focus on reducing widespread damage to soil by acid rain by restricting sulfur dioxide air pollution may have an unexpected consequence: Gains ...
Don't block folic acid in early pregnancy
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Using medication that reduces or blocks the actions of folic acid during the first trimester of pregnancy (weeks 1-12), increases the risk that the growing baby will develop abnormalities. This conclusion was reached by a ...
Effects of aspirin and folic acid on inflammation markers for colorectal adenomas
Oct 12, 2009 |
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Unexpectedly, inflammation markers do not appear to be involved with the chemopreventative effect of aspirin on colorectal adenomas, according to a brief communication published online October 12 in the Journal of the Na ...
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