Bacteremia
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Bacteremia is the presence of bacteria in the blood. A animals body depends on sterile blood to maintain the various organ systems. Severe infections are the main source of bacteria passing into the blood stream. The immune response of bacteria in the blood is known as sepsis and septic shock is usually fatal. Long term low level introductions of bacteria into the blood stream results in the...
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A polyphenol is a chemical compound belonging to a group of chemical substances found in plants, characterized by the presence of more than one phenol unit or building block per molecule. Polyphenols are generally divided into hydrolyzable tannins (gallic acid esters of glucose and other sugars) and phenylpropanoids, such as lignins, flavonoids, and condensed tannins.
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Flavonoids or Bioflavonoids are substances that fulfill many vital functions of a plant’s biological processes. Two other common classes of these substances are isoflavonoids and neoflavonoids. Subgroups include catechins. The primary function of flavonoids in plants is to provide them with their color. Flavonoids (specifically flavanoids such as the catechins) are “the most common...
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Isomers are molecules that have the same molecular formula, but have a different arrangement of the atoms in...
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Endogenous substances or conditions are those that originate from the normal function of an organism, tissue, or cell.
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