Month: September 2020

  • Anti-asthmatic

    A substance that alleviates the spasms of asthma.  

  • Anti-arrhythmic

    A substance that counteracts irregular heart beat.  

  • Anthroposophic

    A philosophy that links health to internal life force and energy. A philosophy connecting health with an internal life force and energy.  

  • Amarum

    A bitter substance that stimulates the secretion of digestive juices. A bitter compound that promotes the release of digestive juices.  

  • Allopathy

    A medicine system using substances that cause an effect different to those caused by the condition under treatment. The treatment of a condition using drugs which produce opposite symptoms to those of the condition. System of medicine that aims to produce (e.g., through drugs, compresses) a condition opposite to or antagonistic to that affecting the…

  • Alkylation

    Reactive secondary metabolites can form covalent bonds with DNA and proteins. A chemical process in which an alkyl radical replaces a hydrogen atom. Reactive secondary metabolites are capable of forming covalent bonds with DNA and proteins.  

  • Alcoholic extract

    Soluble fraction of plant material obtained after extraction with ethanol. The soluble part of plant matter that is derived following extraction with ethanol.  

  • Aglycone

    The non-sugar part of a glycoside (after removal of the sugar part). The component of a glycoside that remains after the sugar part has been removed, known as the non-sugar portion.  

  • Aetheroleum

    Essential (volatile) oil.  

  • Aesthenia

    Diminishing strength and energy.