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Phytochemicals are chemical compounds produced by plants, generally to help them resist fungi, bacteria and plant virus infections, and also consumption by insects and other animals. The name comes from Greek φυτόν (phyton) 'plant'.
Phytochemistry is the study of phytochemicals, which are chemicals derived from plants.Phytochemists strive to describe the structures of the large number of secondary metabolites found in plants, the functions of these compounds in human and plant biology, and the biosynthesis of these compounds.
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases is an online database developed by James A. Duke at the USDA. The databases report species, phytochemicals, and biological activity, as well as ethnobotanical uses. [1] The current Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical databases facilitate plant, chemical, bioactivity, and ethnobotany searches.
orange pigments . α-Carotene – to vitamin A carrots, pumpkins, maize, tangerine, orange.; β-Carotene – to vitamin A dark, leafy greens, red, orange and yellow fruits and vegetables.
None of the plans were vegetarian, but the DASH plan incorporated more fruits and vegetables, low fat or non-fat dairy, beans, and nuts than the others studied. The DASH diet reduced systolic blood pressure by 6 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure by 3 mm Hg in patients with high normal blood pressure (formerly called "pre-hypertension"). Those ...
A sattvic diet is a type of plant-based diet within Ayurveda [1] where food is divided into what is defined as three yogic qualities known as sattva. [2] In this system of dietary classification, foods that decrease the energy of the body are considered tamasic , while those that increase the energy of the body are considered rajasic .
According to one study of nine common phytoestrogens in a Western diet, foods with the highest relative phytoestrogen content were nuts and oilseeds, followed by soy products, cereals and breads, legumes, meat products, and other processed foods that may contain soy, vegetables, fruits, alcoholic, and nonalcoholic beverages.