A recent study indicates when men crave food‚ they tend to crave fat and salt. When women crave food‚ they tend to desire chocolate. American and Russian space flights have always included chocolate. American chocolate manufacturers use about 1.5 billion pounds of milk -- only surpassed by the cheese and ice cream industries. Americans consumed over 3.1 billion pounds of chocolate in 2001‚ which is almost half of the total world’s production. Aztec emperor Montezuma drank 50 golden goblets of
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Abstact 1) Introduction An adulterant is a chemical substance which should not be contained within other substances‚ such as food‚ beverages‚ fuels‚ for legal or other reasons. The addition of adulterants is called adulteration. The word is appropriate only when the additions are unwanted by the recipient. Otherwise the expression would be food additive. Adulterants when used in illicit drugs are called cutting agents‚ while deliberate addition of toxic adulterants to food or other products
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DIABETES MELLITUS * Chronic multisystem dz ‚ abnormal insulin production / impaired utilization * Disorder of glucose metabolism related to absent/ insuff insulin supply or poor utilization of inslin that’s available * 7th leading cause of death * leading cause of blindness‚ ESRD‚ lower limb amputation * contributing factor for heart dz/ stroke risk 2-4 x higher than without DM * INSULIN – hormone produced by cells in islets of Langerhans of pancreas. Normal – continously
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INTERNATIONALE PHARMACEUTICA SCIENCIA | Jan-March 2011 | Vol. 1 | Issue 1 | Available online http://www.ipharmsciencia.com ©2011 IPS REVIEW ARTICLE Phytochemical screening and Extraction: A Review ABSTRACT Plants are a source of large amount of drugs comprising to different groups such as antispasmodics‚ emetics‚ anti-cancer‚ antimicrobials etc. A large number of the plants are claimed to possess the antibiotic properties in the traditional system and are also used extensively by the tribal people
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warm season annual crop when grown in temperate regions. However‚ it is actually a herbaceous perennial when cultivated in tropical areas‚ such as its native Latin America. Bell peppers are considered “sweet” since they lack the pungent chemical (capsaicin) present in hot peppers. It is an important vegetable crop all over the world (Peet‚ 2006) which ranks third in the world vegetable cycle after tomato and onions (Akin Fasoye‚ 2006). It is estimated that more than 7.5million acres of Capsicum are
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MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: List 4 common symptoms of pneumonia the Tachypnea‚ fever with chills‚ productive cough‚ nurse might note on a physical exam. bronchial breath sounds. State 4 nursing interventions for assisting Deep breathing‚ fluid intake increased to 3 liters/ the client to cough productively. day‚ use humidity to loosen secretions‚ suction airway to stimulate coughing. What symptoms of pneumonia might the nurse expect to see
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04Townsend(F)-04 8/23/07 6:27 PM Page 65 CHAPTER 4 Substance-Related Disorders ● BACKGROUND ASSESSMENT DATA The substance-related disorders are composed of two groups: the substance-use disorders (dependence and abuse) and the substanceinduced disorders (intoxication and withdrawal). Other substanceinduced disorders (delirium‚ dementia‚ amnesia‚ psychosis‚ mood disorder‚ anxiety disorder‚ sexual dysfunction‚ and sleep disorders) are included in the chapters with which they share
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Review Article p53: Structure‚ Function and Therapeutic Applications Ling Bai and Wei-Guo Zhu1 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology‚ Peking University Health Science Center‚ Beijing‚ China [L. Bai‚ W.-G. Zhu]; Department of Biotechnology‚ Guilin Medical College‚ Guilin‚ China [L. Bai] Since the p53 tumor suppressor gene has been found to be mutated in more than 50% of human cancers‚ it has attracted the interest of numerous researchers. The capacity of p53 for multiple biological
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Allspice‚ also Jamaica pepper‚ sometimes pimento‚ is the unripe berry of the Pimienta dioica tree; which is dried‚ ground‚ and used as a seasoning. Its name comes from its flavor‚ which is reminiscent of many spices‚ including cinnamon‚ cloves‚ and nutmeg‚ with a peppery flavor.It is the primary spice in the Jamaican Jerk Spice blend. Anise is both a vegetable and a spice.As a spice‚ the dried seeds are ground for use. Anise smells somewhat like star anise‚ fennel and liquorice. Anise is a strong
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EVALUATION OF EFFECTS OF OVARIECTOMY AND TREATMENT WITH ESTROGEN-REPLACEMENT THERAPY OR SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS (SERM) ON VOIDING FUNCTION AND P2X RECEPTOR EXPRESSION IN THE FEMALE RAT TABLE OF CONTENTS Abbreviations Page 6 Abstract Page 6 Study 1 Page 10 Introduction Page 10 Menopause and the overactive bladder Page 10 Estrogens for the treatment of OAB in post menopausal women Page 12 SERM and tamoxifen Page 15
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