Coconut The coconut palm‚ Cocos nucifera‚ is a member of the family Arecaceae (palm family). It is the only accepted species in the genus Cocos.[2] The term coconut can refer to the entire coconut palm‚ the seed‚ or the fruit‚ which‚ botanically‚ is a drupe‚ not a nut. The spelling cocoanut is an archaic form of the word.[3] The term is derived from 16th century Portugueseand Spanish cocos‚ meaning "grinning face"‚ from the three small holes on the coconut shell that resemble human facial features
Premium Coconut
Magtalisay Tree Used in Lowering of Cholesterol Levels Magtalisay Tree (Terminalia catappa) or Indian Almond is a large tropical tree in the leadwood tree family‚ Combretaceae‚ that grows mainly in the tropical regions of Asia‚ Africa‚ and Australia. It is known by the English common names country-almond‚ Indian-almond‚ Malabar-almond‚ sea-almond‚ tropical-almond and false kamani. It is among one of the most common trees throughout India‚ Malaysia and many other parts of South East Asia‚ growing
Premium Atherosclerosis Cholesterol Myocardial infarction
Department of Molecular & Cell Biology Course Code: MCB3019F Course Name: Recombinant DNA‚ genomics & proteomics Paper: 1 Date: 11 June 2008 No. of pages: 5 Marks: 110 Time: 3 Hours Venue: LS 2A ------------------------------------------------- Additional: Supplemental Figure Sheet Time: 12:30 p.m. ------------------------------------------------- ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS In the interest of economy please write on both sides of the exam script Please answer
Premium DNA Gene Molecular biology
HIST 101 WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT #2: The Enlightenment and The Great Awakening In conjunction with chapter 3‚ this assignment will ask you to read two historical accounts that correspond to American experiences with the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening in the mid-18th century North American colonies. These two social phenomena (the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening) each exerted a significant influence on the development of American political and religious thought in the years leading up
Free Virtue Benjamin Franklin
many companies and different organizations throughout the years‚ as well write many books within that time. He has written books for people who cannot attend one of his incredible conferences. The book written by John C. Maxwell‚ titled “Leadership 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know.” He discussed three main points important to enhancing people leadership abilities. These points include leadership development‚ traits of successful leader‚ and what type of impact a leader could have. The first point
Premium Leadership
WHAT IS A HEREDITARY DISEASE? A hereditary disease is caused by an abnormality in a person’s genetic material .It is a disease passed down through several generations within the same family and is transmitted from parent to child. WHAT IS A PHYSIOLOGICAL DISEASE? A physiological disease occurs when the normal working person’s body is being affected due to the malfunctioning of organs or structural changes of cells changing overtime causing illness. CHRONIC DISEASES Asthma-Physiological
Premium Bacteria Infectious disease
21: The Immune System: Innate and Adaptive Body Defenses Objectives PART 1: INNATE DEFENSES Surface Barriers: Skin and Mucosae 1. Describe surface membrane barriers and their protective functions. Internal Defenses: Cells and Chemicals 2. Explain the importance of phagocytosis and natural killer cells in innate body defense. 3. Describe the inflammatory process. Identify several inflammatory chemicals and indicate their specific roles. 4. Name the body’s antimicrobial substances and describe
Premium Immune system
Analyzing The Annual Report-2009 of BEXIMCO PHARMACEUTICALS LTD Course Financial Accounting (ACT 101) Semester Summer 2010 Prepared for Mr. Polash Kumar Kundu Lecturer Department of Business Administration Prepared by Habibul Basher 2009-3-10-037 Fahad Bin Reza 2009-3-10-054 Ayaz Mohammad Arman 2009-3-10-073 Section: 05 Date of submission: 08 August 2010 East West University BEXIMCO PHARMACEUTICALS LTD BEXIMCO PHARMACEUTICALS LTD (BPL) Belongs to Beximco Group‚ the largest
Premium Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Balance sheet Asset
transit peptide using some of the first transgenic plants. That technology is now used in all genetically modified crops Dr. Kausch’s research program currently concentrates on molecular and genetic improvement in crop plants. He is recently involved with research on the genetic modification‚ advanced genetics‚ and breeding of plants used for bioenergy. Dr. Kausch’s laboratory also conducts research on hybrid plant production and biofortification of rice and maize for agriculture in developing countries
Premium DNA Biotechnology Biology
Genetic Counseling Decision-Making In my opinion‚ I think that Jenny and Bob Miller should take the necessary risks in order to make their sons life more comfortable and possibly cure them of their disease in the near future due to gene therapy. The gene therapy is not far from being a reality in medicine that can cure muscular dystrophy‚ and the injections of normal muscle cells from healthy individuals can relieve some of the pain they are experiencing until a cure is generated. Muscular
Premium Medicine Muscle English-language films