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Dietary fiber is defined to be plant components that are not broken down by human digestive enzymes. [1] In the late 20th century, only lignin and some polysaccharides were known to satisfy this definition, but in the early 21st century, resistant starch and oligosaccharides were included as dietary fiber components.
The cholines are a family of water-soluble quaternary ammonium compounds. [ 6 ][ 7 ] Choline is the parent compound of the cholines class, consisting of ethanolamine residue having three methyl groups attached to the same nitrogen atom. [ 1 ] Choline hydroxide is known as choline base.
Description. Broccoli is an annual plant which can grow up to 60–90 cm (20–40 in) tall. [ 11 ] Broccoli is very similar to cauliflower, but unlike it, its floral buds are well-formed and clearly visible. [further explanation needed] The inflorescence grows at the end of a central, thick stem and is dark green.
Quercetin is the aglycone form of a number of other flavonoid glycosides, such as rutin (also known as quercetin-3-O-rutinoside) and quercitrin, found in citrus fruit, buckwheat, and onions. [ 2 ] Quercetin forms the glycosides quercitrin and rutin together with rhamnose and rutinose, respectively.
The raw vegetable is 95% water, 2% carbohydrates, 1% protein and less than 1% fat. In a 100-gram ( 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 -ounce) reference serving, raw bok choy provides 54 kilojoules (13 food calories ) of food energy and is a rich source (20% or more of the Daily Value , DV) of vitamin A (30% DV), vitamin C (54% DV) and vitamin K (44% DV), while ...
Testing for ketone bodies in urine. The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, adequate- protein, low-carbohydrate dietary therapy that in conventional medicine is used mainly to treat hard-to-control (refractory) epilepsy in children. The diet forces the body to burn fats rather than carbohydrates.
The short-term effects of cannabis are caused by many chemical compounds in the cannabis plant, including 113 [clarification needed] different cannabinoids, such as tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), and 120 terpenes, [1] which allow its drug to have various psychological and physiological effects on the human body.
The health effects of radon are harmful, and include an increased chance of lung cancer. Radon is a radioactive, colorless, odorless, tasteless noble gas, which has been studied by a number of scientific and medical bodies for its effects on health. A naturally-occurring gas formed as a decay product of radium, radon is one of the densest ...