particularly in the Philippines. Known for its bitter taste‚ the Ampalaya is at once a staple ingredient in Filipino and Asian cuisine and a reliable home remedy for various illnesses‚ particularly diabetes. Ampalaya contains a mixture of flavanoids and alkaloid that helps the Pancreas produce more insulin that controls the blood sugar in diabetics. Ampalaya is especially valued by diabetics for its known anti-diabetes. Several studies have shown that‚ aside from anti-diabetes‚ Ampalaya have a cholesterol-lowering
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ring) amine found in many plant materials including tealeaves‚ coffee beans‚ kola nuts‚ cocoa beans‚ and guarana seeds. Compounds found in nature are referred to as “natural products” and amine natural products are called alkaloids. Hence‚ caffeine is an alkaloid. Many alkaloids‚ including caffeine‚ have pharmacological effects. Some other examples are morphine‚ codeine‚ cocaine‚ and nicotine. Caffeine-containing beverages‚ mainly tea and
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Nutritive Bread from Ampalaya (Momordica charantia Linn) By: Justine Mae A Membrido Ciara H Intoy Patricia Mae P Batulinao Makati Science High School February 2013 Table of Contents Abstract------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 Introduction-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4 Background
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using Active Ingredients antimicrobial From medicinal plants. Turmeric (Curcuma domestica Val.) It is a prayer One Crop Growing in Indonesia That can be used as a medicinal plant. BECAUSE containing Active Compounds form of curcumin‚ flavonoids‚ alkaloids‚ tannins and Yang has a function as an antibacterial function. Singer study conducted to determine ACTIVITIES review antibacterial extract turmeric (Curcuma domestica Val.) Against the growth of Escherichia coli isolates from diarrhea patients in
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Research Centre‚ Vidyanagar- 524413 E-mail: drskmbasha@gmail.com The plants which are used to cure diseases are called medicinal plants. This property of plants is due to the presence of certain chemicals namely Phytochemicals which include alkaloids‚ Glycosides‚ flavanoids‚ volatile oils‚ vitamins‚ resins‚ gums etc. These chemicals terminate the growth of micro organisms by obstructing one or many metabolic activities of microbes. World Health Organisation has estimated that perhaps 80 % of
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COVENANT UNIVERSITY Department of Biological Sciences NAME: OBUEKWE CHUKWUEMEKA AZUBUIKE MAT NO: 12CQ014230 PROGRAMME: MICROBIOLOGY COURSE: MCB 212 (MYCOLOGY) TOPIC: THE IMPORTANCE OF FUNGI IN; MEDICINE INDUSTRY THE ENVIRONMENT {DR OLASEINDE G.} INTRODUCTION Fungi are tremendously important to human society and the planet we live on
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Chapter 1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Introduction Nowadays‚ sicknesses transported by mosquitoes are very dangerous on this planet. Even when most of these diseases threaten populations in other countries where there’s a much larger density of mosquito population‚ you still have to end up being watchful. There are still mosquitoes in your neighbourhood and they could very well be holding fatal diseases. Insect bites can be bothersome. They can be very itchy which leads to constant scratching
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People all over the world consume caffeine daily. Caffeine‚ a component of coffee‚ tea and cola‚ is a white crystalline and bitter alkaloid which acts as stimulant or diuretic (Wallace‚ 1990). Caffeine affects the central nervous system by stimulating nerve cell metabolism which improves performance‚ increases alertness and decreases boredom. According to Campbell (2011)‚ the central nervous system is the portion of the nervous system where signal integration occurs‚ specifically the brain and spinal
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the god of dreams” (Hart‚ 2014). The major success that followed the discovery of morphine then lead the scientists to further research into opium to find what else could be extracted from it. In addition to morphine‚ an upwards of 30 different alkaloids were discovers including the most noteworthy‚ codeine (Hart‚ 2014). Over the span of about 25 years after morphine was discovery it was slowly introduced to the medical
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Fly lab report p. 1 SAMPLE LAB REPORT Perception of Different Sugars by Blowflies by Alexander Hamilton Biology 101 October 24‚ 2009 Lab Partners: Sharon Flynn‚ Andi Alexander ABSTRACT Fly lab report p. 2 To feed on materials that are healthy for them‚ flies (order Diptera) use taste receptors on their tarsi to find sugars to ingest. We examined the ability of blowflies to taste monosaccharide and disaccharide
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