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- Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1937 bytes)
5: ...[[tobacco mosaic virus]], [[vitamin B12]], and [[insulin]]. This latter achievement took her 34 years, hav...
16: *Glusker, Jenny P., and Margaret J. Adams (''Physics Today'' 48: 80-81, 1995) - Endocrine system (3152 bytes)
53: **[[insulin-like growth factor]]
58: **[[insulin]]
113: {{organ_systems}} - Liver (11441 bytes)
1: ...e]], which is important for digestion. Medical terms related to the liver often start in ''hepato-'' o...
53: * The liver performs several roles in [[carbohydrate]] [[metabolism]]:
57: ** The breakdown of [[insulin]] and other [[hormone]]s
58: * The liver also performs several roles in [[lipid]] metabolism: - Pancreas (4781 bytes)
13: ...ially by the [[pancreaticoduodenal arteries]], themselves branches of the [[superior mesenteric artery...
26: ...ypsinogen and chymotrypsinogen to their active forms.
33: ...s are, by far, the [[beta cell]]s which produce [[insulin]]. The [[alpha cell]]s produce [[glucagon]] and ... - Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (16156 bytes)
11: ...lele]], which expresses prions that contort by themselves into the disease-causing [[Chemical conforma...
16: ...ents in the cattle feed. A contributing factor seems to have been lax British laws that did not requir...
18: ...died of a disease with similar neurological symptoms subsequently called [[Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease|v...
19: ...year (though the number of new cases currently seems to be dropping). This is attributed to the long i...
26: ...ing agency assured them that: ''"... there was no insulin sourced from cattle in the UK or Ireland and that... - Garlic (12167 bytes)
36: ... in late-onset [[diabetes]], though people taking insulin should not consume medicinal amounts of garlic wi...
43: ...it as the "rustic's theriac" (cure-all) (see F Adams's ''Paulus Aegineta'', p. 99), and [[Alexander Ne...
45: ...ing by the simoon." "O dura messorum ilia," exclaims [[Horace]] (Epod. iii.), as he records his detest...
71: The term "wild garlic" is now used to refer to ramsons (''Allium ursinum''). In North America, "wild...
91: ...nancy and lactation; it can cause digestive problems such as [[heartburn]], and babies may dislike the... - Nutrition (42689 bytes)
4: ...]], as well as psychological and behavioral problems. Moreover, excessive ingestion of elements that h...
8: ...tite]]), both in the [[human body]] and in organisms (e.g. plants, animals) that humans eat.
38: ...r endemic neuritis, a disease causing heart problems and paralysis) but British sailors did not. Addin...
40: ...the native diet of white rice developed the symptoms of beriberi, but remained healthy when fed unproc...
67: ...mals amino acid requirements are classified in terms of essential (an animal cannot produce them) and ... - Glucagon (2581 bytes)
15: ...eased into the bloodstream. Both of these mechanisms lead to glucose release by the liver preventing t...
18: ...reatic [[cancer]]s such as [[glucagonoma]], symptoms of which include [[diabetes mellitus]] and [[necr...
37: * [[insulin]] - Chromium (13677 bytes)
136: ...o able to detect traces of chromium in precious gems, such as ruby, or emerald.
143: .... Chromium deficiencies can affect the potency of insulin in regulating sugar balance. Unlike other essenti... - Vanadium (13808 bytes)
124: ...t was only impure [[chromium]]. Del Rio thought himself to be mistaken and accepted the statement of t...
131: ...[[nitrogen fixation|nitrogen-fixing]] microorganisms. Vanadium is essential to [[Ascidiacea|ascidian]]...
133: ...en shown to alleviate [[diabetes mellitus]] symptoms in certain [[animal]] models and [[human]]s. Much...
143: ...[dietary supplement]], primarily for increasing [[insulin]] levels and [[body-building]]. Whether it works ...
155: ...al that is likely to cause permanent health problems or death. - Zinc (12445 bytes)
172: ...ents, for making the hands of clocks and other items that glow in the dark.
185: Smelting and extraction of impure forms of zinc was being accomplished as early as AD [[1...
196: ...cts on weight gain in animals. Zinc is found in [[insulin]], [[zinc finger]] proteins, and such enzymes as ... - Bitter melon (2626 bytes)
22: ...rvedic medicine, it is popularly seen as a "plant-insulin" and is thus highly recommended for [[diabetics]]... - Degus (5480 bytes)
21: ...o hear their mother's calls if the emotional systems in their brains are to develop properly. They us...
30: ...re prone to [[diabetes]] due to their divergent [[insulin]] structure. For this reason, are used frequentl...
32: ... are said to live up to 13 years under ideal circumstances (although a poor gene pool/genetic backgrou... - Protein (17280 bytes)
30: ===Mechanisms of protein regulation===
33: ...rotein's [[shape]] or [[concentration]]. Some forms of regulation include:
39: ...ay be more likely to act as a [[hormone]] (like [[insulin]]) rather than as an enzyme or structural element...
43: ...t to right are: Immunoglobulin (IgG), Hemoglobin, Insulin (a hormone), Adenylate Kinase (an enzyme), and Gl...
65: ...and [[methionine]]) that humans cannot produce themselves. While all natural foods contain all of thes... - Milk (13238 bytes)
75: ...a are mostly destroyed, which means that other germs can grow unfettered and thus cause decomposition.
77: ...frigerated]] to allow transport from [[Factory Farms]] to local markets. The spoilage of milk can be f...
96: ...ggesting links between milk and some health problems:
99: ...[coronary heart disease]]. Low-fat and non-fat forms of milk may mitigate any such risk.
100: ...nce. For those individuals, milk may induce symptoms such as cramping, bloating, gas, and diarrhea.
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