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q chronic exposure of cadmiuman increase in the soil cadmium content due to soil pollution by industrial wastes burning of coal fossil fuels
q main effects of chronic leadlead even at relatively low levels of exposure can cause severe health effects exhaust from vehicles using
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q heavy metals require for the normal finctioning of our bodylike the foods we consume our bodies also contain many metallic elements most of these
q what is biological contaminantsyou may recall reading about food borne diseases caused by the consumption of contaminated food items in
q what is goitrogens anti-thyroid substanceansgoitrogenslanti-thyroid substances present in certain plant foods have been found to interfere with the
q what do you mean by oxalatesoxalates are widely distributed in plant foods mostly in the form of calcium salts oxalates are known to interfere
q can you explain tanninstannins are another class of compounds which interfere with the absorption of minerals like iron and reduce the
q what is phytatesphytates are widely distributed in seeds of vegetables fruits and grains unrefined cereals and millets are the richest sources of
q what do you understand by haemagglutininshaemagglutinins are the globulin type of proteins which are present in the seeds of plants like double
q can you explain protease inhibitorsansprotease inhibitors are the compounds which are found to some extent in cereal grains such as oats wheat
q define mushroom poisoningmushroom poisoning is caused by the consumption of raw or cooked fruiting bodies mushrooms toadstools of a number of
q what do you understand by cyanogenic glycosidescyanogenic glycosides are present in a number of food plants and seeds cassava is a staple dietary
q can you explain toxic alkaloidsalkaloids are the nitrogen heterocycles which occur mainly m plants as their salts of common carboxylic
q explain use of toxic amino acids lathyrus sativus kesari dhal seeds contain toxic amino acid beta-oxalyl aminoalanine boaa is considered
q can you explain toxicants in plant foodsseveral foods some of which we consume regularly have toxic compounds in them which are best avoided these
q can you explain puffeelfish poisoningtetrodotoxin ttx causes pufferfish tetrodon poisoning also known as blowfish poisoning or fugu how does a
q explain scombroid poisoningingestion of improperly handled and stored seafood yellow-fin tuna skipjack bonit and mackerel causes scombroid
what does boiling do to an enzymeenzymes are denatured their shape is changed so it doesnt work when
q explain ciguatera fish poisoningciguatera probably represents the most common cause of poisoning from fish in tropics ciguatera comprises over
from where does the cell get oxaloacetic acid for krebs citric acid cycleoxaloacetic acid is also formed when pyruvate is acted upon by pyruvate
what is black moldmold is a fungus black mold is not an official term since it is not possible to tell with the naked eye what type of mold is
what is concentration gradientthe graduated dissimilarity in concentration of a solute per unit - distance by a
what is a distilling flask and how is it useda distilling flask is a round bottom flask that often has two openings and some of them have a long
what is telophasetelophase is the cell divides apart and screws