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Saponin
A substance found in soybeans and many other plants. Saponins may help lower cholesterol and may have anticancer effects. A group of phytochemicals that is produced by certain plants (e.g., the soybean plant, ginseng, etc.). Evidence suggests that human consumption of saponins produced by soybeans can help to lower blood content of low-density lipoproteins (LDLP)…
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Salivary proteins
Proteins found in saliva and the salivary glands. These proteins show some enzymatic activity, but their composition varies in different individuals.
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Salivary glands
Glands in the mouth that produce saliva. Three pairs of glands in the mouth, which secrete saliva: parotid, submandibular, and submaxillary glands. Three pairs of glands in the oral area that secrete saliva. A gland which secretes saliva, situated under the tongue (the sublingual gland), beneath the lower jaw (the submandibular gland) and in the…
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Salivary
The duct that convey saliva to the mouth.
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Saccharomycetales
An order of fungi in the phylum Ascomycota that multiply by budding. They include the telomorphic ascomycetous yeasts which are found in a very wide range of habitats.
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Saccharomyces
A genus of ascomycetous fungi of the family Saccharomycetaceae, order saccharomycetales. A group of fungi that encompasses yeast species. Any illness caused by the yeast fungus.
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Risk patient
Patient who is at risk, because of his/her behaviour or because of the type of person he/she is.
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Ribosome
A granule of protein and RNA, synthesized in the nucleolus and found in the cytoplasm of cells. Ribosomes are the main sites of protein synthesis. Messenger RNA attaches to them and there receives molecules of transfer RNA bearing amino acids. The molecular “machines” within cells that coordinate the interplay of tRNAs, mRNA, and proteins in…
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Ribonuclease
RNA-digesting enzyme. An enzyme which breaks down RNA. An enzyme that catalyzes the destruction of RNA. An enzyme, located in the lysosomes of cells, that splits RNA at specific places in the molecule. An enzyme that catalyzes the depolymerization of ribonucleic acid (RNA) with formation of mononucleotides.
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Rheumatoid
Resembling rheumatism. Broadly, having dull aching in joints, muscles, eyes, and so forth. In a more literal sense, it is having an autoimmune response, usually between certain lgM and IgE antibodies, that may have started as a bacterial infection or as some autoimmune reaction. The severity is increased under emotional, physical, dietary, and allergic stress-or…
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