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Metabolism (/məˈtæbəlɪzəm/, from Gr****: μεταβολή metabolē, "change") is the set of life-sustaining
chemical reactions in organisms. The
three main functions...
- A
plastivore is an
organism capable of
degrading and
metabolising plastic.
While plastic is
normally thought of as non-biodegradable, a
variety of bacteria...
-
fermentation process breaks down the
starches so that they are more
readily metabolised by the body. Idli has
several variations,
including rava idli, which...
- and it, or the
synthetic growth regulator ethephon which is
rapidly metabolised to
produce ethylene, are used on
industrial scale to
promote ripening...
- Pharmacogenomics,
often abbreviated "PGx," is the
study of the role of the
genome in drug response. Its name (pharmaco- + genomics)
reflects its combining...
- In
aquatic arthropods, the end-product of
biochemical reactions that
metabolise nitrogen is ammonia,
which is so
toxic that it
needs to be
diluted as...
- to grow.
Through cellular respiration,
these organisms use
oxygen to
metabolise substances, like
sugars or fats, to
obtain energy. In this type of respiration...
- the
microorganism that is
responsible for
fermentation in beer.
Yeast metabolises the
sugars extracted from grains,
which produce alcohol and
carbon dioxide...
- system,
which means it can have a
rapid effect on
levels of
other drugs metabolised by this system, e.g., warfarin.
Erythromycin displays bacteriostatic...
- body as it is a
product of the
human metabolism of caffeine,
which is
metabolised in the
liver into 12% theobromine, 4% theophylline, and 84% paraxanthine...
