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Bacteremia

Staff — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 02:40:20 +0000

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 blood spreading bacteria to other organs (Hematogenous Spread). Long term chronic diseases are often the result.

Polyphenol

Staff — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 03:22:16 +0000

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.

Flavonoids

Staff — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 02:13:52 +0000

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 group of polyphenolic compounds in the human diet.

Isomers

Staff — Mon, 31 May 2010 06:13:02 +0000

Isomers are molecules that have the same molecular formula, but have a different arrangement of the atoms in space.

Endogenous

Staff — Sun, 30 May 2010 20:36:20 +0000

Endogenous substances or conditions are those that originate from the normal function of an organism, tissue, or cell.

Blood

Staff — Sun, 23 May 2010 19:19:44 +0000

Blood is composed of cells floating in plasma, there are three types of cells red, white and platelet. The plasma is 90% water and encompasses 55% of the fluid identified as blood. Blood cells deliver nutrients like oxygen and transport waste away for the bodies various organs cells.Blood is composed of cells floating in plasma, there are three types of cells red, white and platelet. The plasma is 90% water and encompasses 55% of the fluid identified as blood. Blood cells deliver nutrients like oxygen and transport waste away for the bodies various organs cells.

Fermentation (Biochemistry)

Staff — Thu, 20 May 2010 03:36:52 +0000

Fermentation (Biochemistry) is a metabolic process whereby electrons released from nutrients are ultimately assimilated by the same nutrient’s molecules whose structure have begun to breakdown into other substances. Example of Fermentation (Food), the nutrients that sugar is composed of transform in to alcohol when the process of fermentation occurs.

Polyunsaturated Fat

Staff — Sun, 09 May 2010 04:01:16 +0000

Polyunsaturated fatty acid, are fatty acids in which more than one double bond exists within the representative molecule. The fats have long carbon chains with several double bonds with hydrogen atoms that are not part of the molecular structure. The term unsaturated represent the double bonds being unsaturated with hydrogen atoms.

Micronutrients

Staff — Wed, 05 May 2010 00:11:06 +0000

Micronutrients also referred to as a trace elements are nutrients needed by organisms in microscopic doses. These substances are chemical elements required for the healthy physiology of life at the cellular level. It is important to understand each micronutrients required concentration, for the reason that minute amounts can easily become toxic to the body.

Saponins

Staff — Sun, 02 May 2010 04:11:54 +0000

Saponins are a class of chemical compounds, one of many secondary metabolites found in natural sources, with saponins found in particular abundance in various plant species. Specifically, they are amphipathic glycosides grouped phenomenologically by the soap-like foaming they produce.