Husk

Quench Your Summer Thirst...With Fiber

... Pink Lemonade joins Berry Burst and Orange flavors in the Metamucil family, and like all Metamucil products, contains 100 percent fiber from psyllium husk making it a delicious way to help lower your cholesterol* and beautify your insides. Clinical studies show that just 7 grams of soluble fiber from psy...

Husk in Medical Dictionary

Pityriasis

... Pityriasis commonly refers to flaking (or scaling) of the skin. The word comes from the Greek word for the husk of a grain. Pityriasis rosea is an acute, self-limiting skin eruption with a distinctive and constant course, with an initial lesion or grou...

Husk in Biological News

Paying peanuts for clean water

...as expected the longer the waste water is exposed to the materials the more efficient the process. However, there is a stark difference between peanut husk extraction and pine sawdust. The peanut husks could remove 95% of the copper ions whereas the pine sawdust only achieved 44% extraction. Efficiency wo...

For many insects, winter survival is in the genes

...ct species that aren't related to the flesh fly. Each insect is a fairly common agricultural pest: the gypsy moth, the European corn borer, the walnut husk maggot, the apple maggot and the tobacco hornworm. Collectively, these species cause millions of dollars of damage annually. Hsp70 was active whi...

Wild Gorillas Handy with a Stick

...ld. (Chimps famously use sticks to fish for termites and rocks to crack nuts in the wild; orangutans use sticks to extract seeds from the spiny, sharp husk of Neesia fruits in the wild, and bonobos use various tools, including moss as sponges and leafy twigs to swat away bees.) That no one has ever observ...