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Decaffeinated Coffee Might Protect Against Adult Onset Of Diabetes

... could be possible that minerals and non-nutritive plant chemicals, which are found in rich amounts in the coffee bean may be effecting favourably the blood-sugar levels or protecting the pancreas from stress. The researchers, who had published their study in the Archives of Internal Medicine, had based ...

Degree Course In Ayurveda

...dicine-manufacturing centre as well as a medicinal plant garden. Speaking on the occasion the CEO of BIPS, Subir Pal said that the institute would train graduates in the preparation of ayurvedic drugs. In the first year, 60 students would be selected through the joint entrance examination for the new cou...

Antibacterial Products Ensure Food Safety and Health

... usage is distributed among human, veterinary, and plant applications, and difficult to estimate the exact amount of antibiotics introduced annually into the environment. ? More than 700 antibacterial-containing products are marketed for the home, but consumer use does not have an impact on antibiotic re...

Cadbury Removes Chocolates From Shelves Amid Fears Of Contamination

...entified to the faulty pipe at Cadbury’s Marlbrook plant in Herefordshire. The factory at Marlbrook produces almost 100,000 tonnes of milk chocolate crumbs in year. They have also opened a free hotline number, 0800 818181. Officials explained that uneaten products can be sent back for a refund to the Cad...

Melatonin Hormone Found in Red Wine Grapes

...ould be enhanced in grapes by treating them with a plant vaccine Benzothiadiazole. But Richard Wurtman of the brain and cognitive science department at MIT feels that further in depth investigation has to be done to prove that the substance found in the grapes is melatonin and not any other substance which...

Sugarcane Smut Attack Over $800 Million Worth Crop

...ce all the areas around Childers were connected by plant or planting machinery movement, there seems to have a high risk level to the smut spread and if it happens a loss of $800 million over a 5 year period will result – canegrowers general manager Ian Ballantyne said. But Ms Bligh rejected that the out...

Grapes are not sour…

...can be enhanced in grapes by treating vines with a plant vaccine Benzothiadiazole. Richard Wurtman of the brain and cognitive science department at MIT is unconvinced, however, and believes further research is needed to determine whether the compounds discovered are melatonin, or something very similar. ...

Sugarcane Disease Causes Farm to be Quarantined

...al effects could be serious.The general manager of plant biosecurity, Chris Adriaansen, has stated that DPI officials have begun a trace-back and trace-forward process and would also begin surveillance on nearby properties. He mentioned that researchers suspected the disease to be one that has never been...

Air Pollution in Tamil Nadu is a Cause of Concern for Environmentalists

...t into the Cauvery river by Chemplast Sanmar's PVC plant near the Mettur dam site, about 600 km southwest of here, also qualified among the three most-polluted samples as it contained six cancer-causing chemicals in the 17 that were detected. From the 21 samples taken from various locations in India, th...

Six More Bhopal Gas Tragedy Continues to Take Toll

...te gas that leaked out of UnionCarbide's pesticide plant on the night of Dec 2, 1984, killing over1,700 people instantly and affecting thousands for life. The hospital management is often accused of giving priority to privatepatients at the cost of gas victims for whom the hospital wasestablished. Six ...

Growth Of Maple Trees Affected By Acid Rain

...from the soil. Calcium is the second most abundant plant nutrient (after nitrogen). In addition, the loss o... -- soil fungi that help provide more nutrients to plant roots -- were substantially greater around the roots of both seedlings and mature sugar maples in th...

Drugs Kill 15,000 Indonesians Every Year

...ative development programme such as changing opium plant with other economically valuable crops. 'The local administration should provide market for their crops and infrastructure as well as improve the education and health sectors,' he said. Source:PTI News...

Loss and damage to the brain cells possible with lead exposure in years ahead

...d 532 former employees of a chemical manufacturing plant who had not been exposed to lead for an average of 18 years. The workers had worked at the plant for an average of more than eight years. The researchers measured the amount of lead accumulated i...

Postmenopausal Women May Benefit From Isoflavones Therapy

...tudy has found//. This finding highlights that the plant derivatives can be used in the treatment of hormonal imbalances occurring during menopause. Older women who were given phytoestrogen tablets, in the form of 60mg isoflavones had superior cognitive performance and better mood, reports the study, pub...

Australia Set To Implement A national Strategy Tackle Cannabis Abuse

... use cannabis, most particularly which part of the plant they use. Rather than the less potent cannabis leaf, the flowering head of the cannabis plant, its most potent part, is being used increasingly. Very frequent use is also being reported among young people. Evidence suggests that heavy cannabis user...

Banana in grave danger of extinction!

... already have been lost, said NeBambi Lutaladio, a plant scientist at the FAO's headquarters in Rome. On...es that resist black sigatoka survives as a single plant in the botanical gardens of Kolkata, he said. Source: Indo-Asian News Service...

Nobel Laureate Finds an Alternate Way to Manufacture Anti-Flu Drug

... production cycle is a compound extracted from the plant star anise. This is grown in mountain provinces in...te on which the rest of the drug can be built. The plant has to be harvested once a year, and Tamiflu production is now taking up most of the crop. Professor...

Promise for Soya Allergy Sufferers

...ids, said Theodore Hymowitz, emeritus professor of plant genetics in the crop sciences department at the U. of I. ‘We are releasing this information with no patents so that companies and breeders involved with soybeans can incorporate these two lines as quickly as possible,’ Hymowitz said. Companies in J...

Fad Diet for Fat Australians

...on wholegrain carbohydrates, protein (we recommend plant proteins, such as legumes and nuts), a variety of vegetables and some fruit and water or low-fat milk/soymilk. "Meals based on these foods are nutritious, taste good and boost our sense of wellbeing. Other tips to keep in mind include: 1. Try and cho...

Tequila-The Real Stuff or Not

...e protected. Tequila is made from the blue Agave plant and its production is limited to certain geographic areas, primarily to the state of Jalisco in West-Central Mexico. Although it is subject to strict production standards and labeling regulations, adulterated samples have occasionally been reported, ...

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