- A
nutrient is a
substance used by an
organism to survive, grow and reproduce. The
requirement for
dietary nutrient intake applies to animals, plants, fungi...
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Proteins are
essential nutrients for the
human body. They are one of the
building blocks of body
tissue and can also
serve as a fuel source. As a fuel...
- life, but most are not.
Minerals are one of the four
groups of
essential nutrients; the
others are vitamins,
essential fatty acids, and
essential amino acids...
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Nutrient profiling, also
nutritional profiling, is the
science of
classifying or
ranking foods by
their nutritional composition in
order to
promote health...
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Nutrient agar is a general-purpose
solid medium supporting growth of a wide
range of non-fastidious organisms. It
typically contains (m****/volume): 0.5%...
- are
known as the
nutrient foramina, and are
particularly large in the
shafts of the
larger long bones,
where they lead into a
nutrient canal,
which extends...
- The
nutrient artery (arteria nutricia, or
central artery),
usually accompanied by one or two
nutrient veins,
enters the bone
through the
nutrient foramen...
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Eutrophication is a
general term
describing a
process in
which nutrients ac****ulate in a body of water,
resulting in an
increased growth of microorganisms...
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essential plant nutrients include seventeen different elements: carbon,
oxygen and
hydrogen which are
absorbed from the air,
whereas other nutrients including...
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Nutrient depletion is a form of
resource depletion and
refers to the loss of
nutrients and
micronutrients in a
habitat or
parts of the biosphere, most...
