Category: P

An acetyl phosphatide. A phospholipid, found in brain and muscle, similar in structure to lecithin and cephalin. A method of removing a quantity of plasma from the blood. Blood is withdrawn from the patient and allowed to settle in a container. The plasma is drawn off the top of the blood, and the blood cells…

Gibberellins, kinins, auxins. These stimulate plant growth and development.  

Chorionic proopiomelanocortin, chorionic thyrotropin, chorionic ACTH, and other chorionic tropic hormones. Any of the hormones secreted by the placenta, including estrogen, progesterone, and human chorionic gonadotropin.  

Melatonin, serotonin, acetylserotonin.  

A mass of food in the stomach, usually vegetable type food, that does not pass into the intestine. A mass composed of vegetable matter found in the stomach.  

The energy provided by food with a correction for the energy lost through digestion and absorption.  

Oxidative degradation of a substance by photoreaction. (Poly)unsaturated fatty acids can undergo two types of photooxidation: (1) a free-radical chain reaction, which starts from the excited state of another molecule, and (2) a singlet oxygen (IO2) reaction in which the absorption of photons by molecules of another food component is followed by energy transfer to…

An enzyme that specifically phosphorylates SER 14 of glycogen phosphorylase b. This is one of the early steps in glycogen degradation.  

A lipid containing a glycerol backbone, one or two fatty acids, and a phosphate group.  

A phospholipid in the plasma membrane that is an important component of the second-messenger system called the PIP cycle.