Psychiatry related information on Plants, Edible

• Measurements of behavioral response times together with the nonspecificity of this with respect of food plants, unacceptable plants, and sodium chloride eliminate a phasic period rate code as a probable mechanism for complex discrimination [1].

High impact information on Plants, Edible

• These results demonstrate that engineering a moderate increase in pteridine production can significantly enhance the folate content in food plants and that boosting the PABA supply can produce further gains [2].
• The putative advantage of modifying and engineering the carotenoid biosynthetic pathways is obvious: to provide sources for the isolation of desired carotenoids or to generate food plants with increased carotenoid content [3].
• 3,3'-Diindolylmethane (DIM) is a promising cancer chemopreventive agent derived from Brassica food plants [4].
• An efficient one-pot synthesis is described of 5,6,11,12,17,18-hexahydrocyclononal[1,2-b:4,5-b':7,8-b'']triindole (CTr), a potent estrogen agonist from food plants [5].
• Several authors have questioned the hypothesis, but the present study shows that collared lemmings ( Dicrostonyx groenlandicus) in northeast Greenland prefer food plants with a lower catechin content [6].

Anatomical context of Plants, Edible

• In certain groups of food plants, degradation of cell walls that contain neither lignin nor suberin releases ferulic acid and other hydroxycinnamic acids [7].

Associations of Plants, Edible with chemical compounds

• Allyl isothiocyanate, a naturally occurring compound, component of oil of mustard and human food plants such as cabbage, cauliflower and horseradish, has up to now been regarded as nonmutagenic in bacterial mutagenicity testing systems [8].
• These flavonoids belong to 5 different groups: flavone, isoflavone, flavanone, flavanol and flavonol, and many individual members are natural products present in edible portions of a variety of food plants [9].
• To facilitate research on these possible actions, the literature was reviewed for quantitative data on the levels of known phytoestrogens (daidzein, genistein, coumestrol, formononetin, and biochanin A) in food plants [10].
• They are produced by metabolic action of intestinal bacteria from natural plant lignan precursors which are constituents of various food plants [11].
• Silver, Cd, Hg, Cr, and Se were very low in concentration or within normal limits for food plants [12].

Gene context of Plants, Edible

• Flavonoids are polyphenolic substances present in food plants and have been extensively studied for their antioxidant properties against various free radicals [13].
• The concept of "Local Food" involves the whole repertory of species that characterises the local diet (incl. local cultivars and non-cultivated gathered food plants) [14].
• The method is applied to several food plants with unknown metal contents and certified plant samples such as CRM GBW07605 tea leaves, BCR CRM 61 aquatic moss and BCR CRM 482 lichen, with good trueness and precision [15].
• Regulation of proteinase inhibitor genes in food plants [16].
• The presence of atmospheric CO2 on Mars, although in low concentration, coupled with the fact that the day/night cycle on Mars is very similar to that on Earth, makes the use of light-weight, greenhouse-like structures for growing food plants even more feasible than on the Moon [17].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Plants, Edible

• Locally grown, wild food plants seasonally contribute a considerable portion of the daily diet in certain Mediterranean areas and it has been suggested that the beneficial effects of the Mediterranean diet on human health partly originate from the antioxidant effect of flavonoid-rich food plants [18].

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