News tagged with ingredients
Introducing Cornucopia, the food printer
(PhysOrg.com) -- US scientists have introduced a concept design of the "Cornucopia" or Digital Fabricator, a "personal food factory" able to print food from specified ingredients, with no waste at the point ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jul 23, 2010 |
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The spice of life: Curry’s main ingredient has more to offer than good flavor
Mahtab Jafari's research shows curry's main ingredient has more to offer than good flavor. It extended the lifespan of fruit flies by up to 20 percent, while improving locomotion and having tumor-prevention ...
Oct 11, 2010 |
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Controversial halluclinogen Salvia study shows intense, novel effects in humans
In what is believed to be the first controlled human study of the effects of salvinorin A, the active ingredient in Salvia divinorum, a controversial new hallucinogen featured widely on You Tube and other internet sites, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 10, 2010 |
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Solving a traditional Chinese medicine mystery
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine have discovered that a natural product isolated from a traditional Chinese medicinal plant commonly known as thunder god vine, or lei gong teng, and used for hundreds of ...
Mar 03, 2011 |
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Antioxidant ingredient proven to relieve stress
A dietary ingredient derived from a melon rich in antioxidant superoxide dismutase enzymes has been shown to relieve stress. In a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial, published in BioMed Central's open access ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Tons of released drugs taint US water
(AP) -- U.S. manufacturers, including major drugmakers, have legally released at least 271 million pounds of pharmaceuticals into waterways that often provide drinking water - contamination the federal government ...
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Bathing and showering: Underappreciated sources of water pollution from medicines
That bracing morning shower and soothing bedtime soak in the tub are potentially important but until now unrecognized sources of the hormones, antibiotics, and other pharmaceuticals that pollute the environment, ...
Mar 24, 2010 |
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The computer knows its chemistry
New software developed by ETH Zurich researchers has learned important rules of chemistry. The scientists can use it to simulate the chemical synthesis of molecules in a computer and develop completely new ...
Mar 16, 2012 |
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Anti-malaria drug synthesized with the help of oxygen and light
The most effective anti-malaria drug can now be produced inexpensively and in large quantities. This means that it will be possible to provide medication for the 225 million malaria patients in developing ...
Jan 17, 2012 |
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Stronger material for filling dental cavities has ingredients from human body
Scientists in Canada and China are reporting development of a new dental filling material that substitutes natural ingredients from the human body for controversial ingredients in existing “composite,” or ...
May 20, 2009 |
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Compound derived from curry spice is neuroprotective against stroke and traumatic brain injury
A synthetic derivative of the curry spice turmeric, made by scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, dramatically improves the behavioral and molecular deficits seen in animal models of ischemic stroke and ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 15, 2010 |
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Continuous drug manufacturing offers speed, lower costs
Traditional drug manufacturing is a time-consuming process. Active pharmaceutical ingredients are synthesized in a chemical manufacturing plant and then shipped to another site, where they are converted into ...
Mar 12, 2012 |
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Lost in translation: Perfectionist protein-maker trashes errors
The enzyme machine that translates a cell's DNA code into the proteins of life is nothing if not an editorial perfectionist.
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Jan 07, 2009 |
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German researchers testing veggie Viagra: reports
German researchers are testing an impotency treatment for men made using only natural ingredients that in some cases works better than Viagra, newspapers reported Monday.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Slime mold prefers sleeping pills
In a new paper published in Nature Precedings, Andrew Adamatzky from the University of the West of England shows that slime molds like Physarum polycephalum prefers sleeping pills and their sedative effects over ...
Jun 13, 2011 |
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Ingredient
An ingredient is a substance that forms part of a mixture (in a general sense). For example, in cooking, recipes specify which ingredients are used to prepare a specific dish. Many commercial products contain a secret ingredient that is purported to make them better than competing products. In the pharmaceutical industry, an active ingredient is that part of a formulation that yields the effect required by the customer.
National laws usually require prepared food products to display a list of ingredients, and specifically require that certain additives be listed.
In most developed countries, the law requires that ingredients be listed according to their relative weight in the product. If an ingredient itself consists of more than one ingredient (such as the cookie pieces which are a part of "cookies and cream" flavor ice cream), then that ingredient is listed by what percentage of the total product it occupies, with its own ingredients displayed next to it in brackets.
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