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Metabolism (/məˈtæbəlɪzəm/, from Gr****: μεταβολή metabolē, "change") is the set of life-sustaining
chemical reactions in organisms. The
three main functions...
- A
plastivore is an
organism capable of
degrading and
metabolising plastic.
While plastic is
normally thought of as non-biodegradable, a
variety of bacteria...
- Pharmacogenomics,
often abbreviated "PGx," is the
study of the role of the
genome in drug response. Its name (pharmaco- + genomics)
reflects its combining...
- and it, or the
synthetic growth regulator ethephon which is
rapidly metabolised to
produce ethylene, are used on
industrial scale to
promote ripening...
- In
aquatic arthropods, the end-product of
biochemical reactions that
metabolise nitrogen is ammonia,
which is so
toxic that it
needs to be
diluted as...
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humans and
animals than in adults.
Inherited genetic variations in drug
metabolising enzymes result in
their different catalytic activity levels. For example...
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organic nitrates nitroglycerin and
nitroprusside control blood pressure by
metabolising into
nitric oxide. Many
notable nitrogen-containing drugs, such as the...
- preservative.
Yeast is the
microorganism responsible for
fermenting beer. It
metabolises the sugars,
producing ethanol and
carbon dioxide, and
thereby turns wort...
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carbon to
depth by
consuming POC in the
surface layer at night, and
metabolising it at
their daytime,
mesopelagic residence depths.
Depending on species...
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secrete the
thyroid hormones T3 and T4. They do this by
transporting and
metabolising the
thyroglobulin contained in the colloid.
Follicular cells vary in...
