Category: P

As in multiplying a plant through making cuttings and planting them.  

As in a leaf with three or more lobes arising from a common point. The leaflets of a compound leaf all arise from a common point.  

A naturally occurring antioxidant in blueberries.  

Phytochemicals that give fruits and vegetables their colors and appear to have strong health benefits. Common name for several families of complex organic molecules. While many of these molecules are thought to have important functions they also act as major inhibitors of iron absorption. A group of chemicals found in many fruits and other foods.…

Naturally occurring plant compounds that are thought to have a number of different health benefits. Compounds in plant foods, especially soya bean, that have both oestrogenic and anti-oestrogenic action. Plant compounds (often isoflavonoids) that have estrogen like activity or that compete with other estrogens at cellular estrogen receptor sites, often found in members of the…

Plants compounds found in dark fruits and vegetables that are believed to have health-protecting qualities. Beneficial plant-based chemicals. A term used to refer to certain biologically active chemical compounds that occur in fruits, vegetables, grains, herbs, flowers, bark, etc. Phytochemicals act to repel or control insects, prevent plant diseases, control fungi and adjacent weeds. Phytochemicals…

A series of heterocyclic compounds that are variously substituted in nature and are known also as purine bases. They include adenine and guanine, constituents of nucleic acids, as well as many alkaloids such as caffeine and theophylline. Uric acid is the metabolic end product of purine metabolism. Nitrogenous compounds (bases) that occur in nucleic acids…

Respiratory equipment whose function is to remove contaminants from otherwise wholesome air. It purifies the blood or body.  

The rhythmical expansion and contraction of an artery produced by waves of pressure caused by the ejection of blood from the left ventricle of the heart as it contracts. Although the cardiovascular sense of pulse is now its most familiar, the word can also be used to refer to the edible seeds of legumes—peas, beans,…