Roundup(r) kills frogs as well as tadpoles, Pitt biologist finds
... (polyethoxylated tallowamine, or POEA, an "inert" ingredient added to make the herbicide penetrate plant leaves) and not the active herbicide (glyphosate) that is lethal to amphibians....Happy and passive means more productive animals
...selecting passive livestock animals, that's a main ingredient for better long-term productivity, according to a Purdue University geneticist. The new breeding program, designed to get the best out of the animals, is the first major advance in classical breeding in 20 years, said William Muir of the Purdue Depar...Key to elephant conservation is 'in the sauce'
...They both feel the burn of chilli peppers, the key ingredient for resolving human-elephant conflicts in Africa w...core crops of maize, sorghum and millet; and as an ingredient in a spray to drive away animals. In addition, chillies are currently being used in the production ...Choline during pregnancy may avoid, reverse some Fetal Alcohol Syndrome nervous disorders
... showed that by including choline, a U.S.-required ingredient in baby formula, in the pre-natal diet of a rat, that symptoms of prenatal alcohol weren't evident in the young adult animal. At the same time, "we believe we have identified several physiological approaches that could serve as post-natal screening m...Promiscuous catalytic activity possessed by novel enzyme structure
..., a component in the production of THC, the active ingredient of marijuana. Unlike other previously known prenylation enzymes that only act on a small number of molecules, this new enzyme was able to attach prenyl groups to most of the different aromatic compounds tested. Some of the newly-formed hybrid molec...Mayan stingless bee keeping: Going, going, gone?
...esource…as a sweetener, as an antibiotic and as an ingredient in the Mayan version of mead. The Mayans, like other tropical forest cultures, worked with large-bodied meliponine bees that produce a variety of honeys. Their favorite, and one of the most productive species, has been Melipona beecheii, 'Xunan kab...GroPep infertility data presented at US meeting
...s or bacteria. The GroPep drug contains an active ingredient found in semen (called a "cytokine") that is thought to instruct the mother's immune system to "tolerate" the foetus. Professor Clark, who was President of the American Society for Reproductive Immunology between 1996 and 1998, said: "This is the fir...Quantum dots provide a faster, more sensitive method for detecting respiratory viral infections
...ld also be relatively inexpensive. The most costly ingredient is the quantum dots: A small bottle that contains enough of the material for about 200 tests costs $300. As a result, this could be one of the earliest medical applications of nanotechnology, Wright and Crowe say. The researchers' next step will be ...Shampoo detergent added to paint makes surfaces self-sterilizing
ATLANTA June 7, 2005 -- Adding a common ingredient in shampoo to paints and varnishes can create self...hin 30 seconds. "We found that the common shampoo ingredient cetavlon was especially effective, as well as having good dopant properties due to its being a deter...New processing method reduces peanut allergenicity
... industry in general, where peanuts are used as an ingredient in food product development and food preparation."...Vampires beware: Scripps scientists describe molecular basis of raw garlic's pungency
Cooked or raw, garlic has been a favorite ingredient of cooks for thousands of years, but almost any cook will tell you there's a major difference: raw garlic is much more pungent than cooked. Now, a group of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute, the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Resear...Activation of thermoreceptors mediates raw garlic's burning pungency
The worldwide popularity of garlic as a food ingredient and its therapeutic stature in folklore both stem in part from the distinctive pungency associated with its raw, uncooked state. Researchers this week report that this pungency, manifested as a characteristic mixture of burning and prickling sensatio...Hydroxycitric acid slows glucose uptake, cuts insulin peaks/valleys a la South Beach Diet
..., 2005) In this obesity-obsessed world, the dream ingredient must be something that tastes good enough to be a ...lty shops as Citrimax or Citrin, and is a featured ingredient in such dietetic aids as Herbalife's "Snack Defense" tablets. A group of Dutch researchers went back...GroPep announces Japanese approval of biopharmaceutical that uses its cell culture products
...iopharmaceutical product with a key manufacturing ingredient supplied by Gro Pep has received regulatory approval in Japan. The product is the sixth biopharmaceutical made with Gro Pep 's Cell Culture Products to have achieved regulatory approval. Listed biopharmaceutical Gro Pep Limited (ASX: GRO) has tod......he Weizmann Institute of Science paired the active ingredient of a garden remedy with advanced bio-technology to deliver a powerful punch against cancer. The cancer killing effectiveness lies in their technique of arming a cancer-targeting antibody with the destructive potential of the dietary molecule otherwis...Scientists infuse rat spinal cords with brain-derived human stem cells
...ntists have long regarded these cells as a crucial ingredient in the quest to cure spinal injuries and neurodegenerative disease. Rather, the scientists worked with more specialized neural stem cells -- known as neural progenitor cells -- that arise from primitive stem cells during the first few weeks of human ...Ingredient in garlic protects against severe chronic pulmonary hypertension in rats
...es a big step further by pinpointing the effective ingredient in garlic and demonstrating that it achieves its protective effects through vasorelaxation. The presentation at Experimental Biology 2005 was part of the scientific sessions of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. In ...Rounduphighly lethal to amphibians, finds University of Pittsburgh researcher
... said. Previous research had found that the lethal ingredient in Roundup was not the herbicide itself, glyphosate, but rather the surfactant, or detergent, that allows the herbicide to penetrate the waxy surfaces of plants. In Roundup, that surfactant is a chemical called polyethoxylated tallowamine. Other herb...Iron exporter revealed that may explain common human disorder
... the diet, but not too much." Iron is an essential ingredient of hemoglobin, the protein molecule in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to the body's tissues. Unlike other metals, iron cannot be eliminated through the liver or kidneys, Andrews explained. Iron balance is maintained instead throug......ylic acid - a common plant compound and the active ingredient in pharmaceuticals like aspirin and acne medications - governs this pathway. When faced with a fungus or bacteria, most plants turn up their production of salicylic acid, which then interacts with other molecules in the plant, eventually turning on t...