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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...
- 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...
- and it, or the
synthetic growth regulator ethephon which is
rapidly metabolised to
produce ethylene, are used on
industrial scale to
promote ripening...
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fermentation process breaks down the
starches so that they are more
readily metabolised by the body. Idli has
several variations,
including rava idli, which...
- poor
metabolisers are not
clinically important in
terms of efficacy. Side effects, however, are
reported to be more
severe in CYP2D6 poor
metabolisers. Steady-state...
- in the
flowers to up to 3.8%
alcohol (average: 0.6%). The
treeshrews metabolise the
alcohol very
efficiently and do not
appear to
become drunk from the...
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secrete the
thyroid hormones T3 and T4. They do this by
transporting and
metabolising the
thyroglobulin contained in the colloid.
Follicular cells vary in...
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Facultative anaerobes can grow with or
without oxygen because they can
metabolise energy aerobically or anaerobically. They
gather mostly at the top because...
