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Toxicoscordion venenosum, with the common names death camas and meadow death camas, is a species of flowering plant in the family Melanthiaceae.It is named for its well known toxic qualities, with both its common names and its scientific name referencing this.
Maceration is also used as a means of extracting essential oils. [5] In this process, used, for example, to extract the onion, garlic, wintergreen and bitter almond essential oil, the plant material is macerated in warm water to release the volatile compounds in the plant.
Maceration, in chemistry, the preparation of an extract by solvent extraction; Maceration, in biology, the mechanical breakdown of ingested food into chyme; Skin maceration, in dermatology, the softening and whitening of skin that is kept constantly wet; Maceration, in poultry farming, a method of chick culling
Macerating tissues is the process of separating the constituent cells of tissues. This method enables observers to study the whole cell in third-dimensional detail. [8] Chemical maceration method means the using chemicals to process organs or part to soften tissue and dissolving the cells so that different cell can be identified. [8]
Maceration of dried fruit in rum and apple juice. Maceration is the process of preparing foods through the softening or breaking into pieces using a liquid. Raw, dried or preserved fruit or vegetables are soaked in a liquid to soften the food, or absorb the flavor of the liquid into the food. [1]
The process can also be applied to meats and vegetables to prepare bouillon or stock, [3] though the term is typically only used to describe boiled plant extracts, usually for medicinal or scientific purposes. [citation needed] Decoction is also the name for the resulting liquid.
Infusion is the process of extracting chemical compounds or flavors from plant material in a solvent such as water, oil or alcohol, by allowing the material to remain suspended in the solvent over time (a process often called steeping). An infusion is also the name for the resultant liquid.
Anticlea elegans, commonly known as mountain deathcamas, elegant camas, or glaucous death-camas, is a trillium-relative in the flowering plant family Melanthiaceae. Three distinct subspecies are included Anticlea elegans subsp. elegans , the type subspecies, plus Anticlea elegans subsp. glauca and Anticlea elegans subsp. vaginata .