How is Vitamin C manufactured? Ascorbic Acid Also known as: l-ascorbic acid‚ vitamin C‚ ascorbate A six carbon compound related to glucose. It is found naturally in citrus fruits and many vegetables. Ascorbic acid is an essential nutrient in human diets‚ and necessary to maintain connective tissue and bone. Its biologically active form‚ vitamin C‚ functions as a reducing agent and coenzyme in several metabolic pathways. Vitamin C is considered an antioxidant. http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary
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TITLE The Cure for Gallstone with the Usage of Ananas comosus and Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus GROUPS’ MEMBERS MOHAMAD NADZMI BIN MOHD ANUAR PRA/0052/13 MUHAMAD HANAFI BIN RAZAK PRA/0060/13 TALHAH BIN MOHD SIRAJUDDIN PRA/0126/13 ABDUL ‘AZIM BIN ROSLAN PRA/0033/13 TIMOTHY LAMBAT A/L BUNYAM PRA/0128/13 PREFERRED INSTITUTION MARA COLLEGE KULIM KEDAH UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA (USM) PENANG Index Title | Page Number | -Field of Study | 1 | -Topic
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Symptoms of oesophageal cancer Difficulty in swallowing This is the most common symptom of oesophageal cancer. There may be some pain in the form of a burning sensation when swallowing food. Or you may feel that your food is sticking in your throat or chest and you can’t swallow it. A harmless narrowing of the oesophagus (called a stricture) may cause difficulty in swallowing. But these problems can be due to a tumour or swelling blocking the oesophagus. Either way‚ it is very important to
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PHYTOCHEMICALS AS NUTRACEUTICALS 08/08/2006 12:22 AM Phytochemicals as Nutraceuticals by Ben Best CONTENTS: LINKS TO SECTIONS BY TOPIC I. Introductory Remarks II . Terpenoids = Isoprenoids A . Carotenoid Terpenoids 1. Lycopene 2. Beta-Carotene 3. Alpha-Carotene 4. Lutein 5. Zeaxanthin 6. Astaxanthin B . Non-Carotenoid Terpeniods 1. Perillyl Alcohol 2. Saponins 3. Terpeneol 4. Terpene Limonoids III. Polyphenolics A . Flavonoid Polyphenolics 1. Anthocyanins 2. Catechins
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ROLE OF NAFDAC IN AIRFREIGHTING IN NIGERIA PRESENTED BY PROFESSOR DORA N. AKUNYILI (OFR) DIRECTOR-GENERAL (NAFDAC) AT A ONE-DAY SEMINAR ON OPTIMISING OPPORTUNITIES FOR AIRFREIGHT IN NIGERIA ORGANISED BY NIGERIAN SHIPPERS’ COUNCIL 24TH AUGUST 2006 INTRODUCTION: It gives me great pleasure to be invited to present a paper at this one day sensitization seminar with Theme Optimizing opportunities in the Airfreight industry‚ organized by the Nigerian Shippers Council for importers/exporters‚ operators
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Once considered a harmless pleasure‚ smokeless tobacco came to the fore front of health news at the turn of the millennium due to increasing evidence that it is just as dangerous as cigarette smoking. In fact‚ most medical professionals now agree that smokeless tobacco--also known as "chaw" or "chew"--is equally addictive and carcinogenic‚ and have come to consider the substance as contributing to the U.S. tobacco epidemic. Despite the medical community’s efforts to warn people beginning in the mid-1980s
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National response to passive smoking in enclosed public places and workplaces A Background Paper National Public Health Partnership Legislation Reform Working Group Endorsed by the Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council November 2000 National response to passive smoking: Background Paper Acknowledgments The National Public Health Partnership would like to acknowledge the input to the development of this paper that was provided by a number of people. In particular‚ we acknowledge the
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Environ. Sci. Technol. 2010‚ 44‚ 7184–7192 Concentration‚ Chlorination‚ and Chemical Analysis of Drinking Water for Disinfection Byproduct Mixtures Health Effects Research: U.S. EPA’s Four Lab Study JONATHAN G. PRESSMAN‚† S U S A N D . R I C H A R D S O N ‚ * ‚‡ THOMAS F. SPETH‚† RICHARD J. MILTNER‚† MICHAEL G. NAROTSKY‚§ E. SIDNEY HUNTER‚ III‚§ GLENN E. RICE‚| LINDA K. TEUSCHLER‚| ANTHONY MCDONALD‚§ SHAHID PARVEZ‚| STUART W. KRASNER‚⊥ HOWARD S. WEINBERG‚# A. BRUCE MCKAGUE‚∇ CHRISTOPHER
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physical. Chemical Agents Chemicals that can cause a benign cell to become active include things such as complex hydrocarbons‚ aromatic amines‚ certain metals‚ drugs‚ hormones‚ and naturally occurring chemicals in plants and molds. Hydrocarbons and nitrosamines can
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Health effects of tobacco From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Part of a series on Tobacco HISTORY History of tobacco BIOLOGY Nicotiana (Nicotiana tabacum) Nicotine Tobacco diseases Types of tobacco SOCIAL IMPACT Health effects Prevalence of consumption Tobacco advertising Tobacco and art Tobacco and other drugs Tobacco control Tobacco politics Tobacco smoking Tobacconist PRODUCTION Cultivation of tobacco Curing of tobacco Tobacco industry Tobacco products v t
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