Nutraceuticals is a broad term which describes any substance extracted from food sources with additional health benefits along with the basic nutritional value already present in them. They act nonspecifically to promote general well-being of the individuals and also to control and prevent virulent conditions. The term “nutraceutical” combines two words – “nutrient” (a nourishing food component...

Many people seem to have a secret hangover remedy they swear by and many companies are banking on the fact that those "morning after" hangover symptoms can be downright awful. A word to the wise, however: the only real "cure" for a hangover is time. In the meantime, nourishing the body can help to overcome a hangover by treating [2] the symptoms. In terms of that flashy new hangover cure you me...

Many people seem to have a secret hangover remedy they swear by and many companies are banking on the fact that those "morning after" hangover symptoms can be downright awful. A word to the wise, however: the only real "cure" for a hangover is time. In the meantime, nourishing the body can help to overcome a hangover by treating [2] the symptoms. In terms of that flashy new hangover cure you me...

Many people seem to have a secret hangover remedy they swear by and many companies are banking on the fact that those "morning after" hangover symptoms can be downright awful. A word to the wise, however: the only real "cure" for a hangover is time. In the meantime, nourishing the body can help to overcome a hangover by treating [2] the symptoms. In terms of that flashy new hangover cure you me...

Background: With the present study we introduce a novel and simple biomaterial able to induce regeneration of bone. We theorized that nourishing a bone defect with calcium and with a large amount of activated platelets may initiate a series of biological processes that culminate in bone regeneration. Thus, we engineered CS-Platelet, a biomaterial based on the combination of Calcium Sulfate and ...

Mushrooms are fruit bodies of macroscopic, filamentous and epigeal fungi. They are made up of hypha which form interwoven web of tissue known as mycelium in the substrate upon which the fungus feeds. Most often their mycelia are buried in the tissue of a tree trunk, on a fallen log of wood or in other nourishing substrates (Ingold, 1993). They are cosmopolitan, heterotrophic organisms that are ...

‘‘I have also found that these [water of consumptives] when placed on the fire, soon become milky, really smelled like milk, and had the taste of sweet milk; when a drop or two of acetic acid were added to this, and it was then placed in the cool air, shortly a white rennet, namely the caseous part, sank to the bottom, and the oily or buttery part floated up and there was a sweet whey, quite ho...

An individual's gametes can represent a nourishing food source for a manipulative mate. Here, we provide evidence of ejaculate and sperm consumption in a cephalopod. Through labelling male spermatophores with (14)C radiolabel, we found that female squid, Sepiadarium austrinum, consumed the spermatophores of their partners and directed the nutrients received into both somatic maintenance and egg...