A nutrient is any element or compound necessary for or contributing to an organism's metabolism, growth, or other functioning. Six nutrient groups exist, classifiable as those that provide energy, and as those that otherwise support metabolic processes in the body: Some of them are essential because they cannot be synthesized in the body and must be obtained from a food source. Substances that provide energy Carbohydrates: compounds made up of sugars used or stored as energy. Carbohydrates have three differe ...

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Definition and meaning of nutrient:

nutrient - any substance assimilated by organisms that promotes growth. Marine scientists typically measure nitrites, nitrates, phosphates, and silicates as nutrients for plant growth

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Definition and meaning of nutrient regeneration:

nutrient regeneration - the release of nutrients from organic matter by decomposer organisms

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Vegetables Dream Symbols:

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Plant nutrients are dissolved in the water used in hydroponics and are mostly in inorganic and ionic form. Primary among the dissolved cations (positively-charged ions) are Ca2+ (calcium), Mg2+ (magnesium), and K+ (potassium); the major nutrient anions in nutrient solutions are NO3- (nitrate), SO42- (sulfate), and H2PO4- (phosphate). Numerous 'recipes' for hydroponic solutions are available. Many use different combinations of ...

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Food is any substance that can be consumed, including liquid drinks. Food is the main source of energy and of nutrition for animals, and is usually of animal or plant origin. The study of food is called food science. In English, the term food is often used metaphorically or figuratively, as in food for thought. Food - Legal definition. Western food law defines four categories of object as food: any substance or product, whether processed, partially processed or unprocessed, ...

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Food - Historical development Food - Meals
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The intestine is the portion of the alimentary canal extending from the stomach to the anus and, in humans and mammals, consists of two segments, the small intestine and the large intestine. In humans, the small intestine is further subivided into the duodenum, jejunum and ileum while the large intestine is subdivided into the cecum, colon and rectum. The intestine is the part of the body responsible for extracting nutrition from food. While the stomach's role mainly consists in "breaking" food molecules into nutrients, the intestine allows these nutrient ...

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Bast are the strong fibers in the phloem of a number of dicotyledonous plants, in particular hemp. They conduct synthesized nutrients from the leaves to other parts of the plant. The bast of some plants are commercially important fiber crops. Bast shoes were weaved from bast strips in forest areas of Eastern Europe in old times. Other related archivesBast (goddess), Bast shoes, Egyptian, dicotyledonous, fiber crops, goddess, hemp, leaves, nutrients, phloem, plants

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An aquarium (plural aquariums or aquaria) is a clear-sided container (typically constructed of glass or high-strength plastic) in which water-dwelling plants and animals (usually fish, and sometimes invertebrates, as well as amphibians, marine mammals, and reptiles) are kept in captivity, often for public display; or it is an establishment featuring such displays. Aquarium keeping is a popular hobby around the world, with about 60 million enthusiasts worldwide. From the 1850s, when the predecessor of the modern aquarium ...

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Aquarium - Nitrogen cycle Aquarium - Other nutrient cycles Aquarium - Biological loading
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Nitrogen is the chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol N and atomic number 7. Commonly a colorless, odorless, tasteless and mostly inert diatomic non-metal gas, nitrogen constitutes 78 percent of Earth's atmosphere and is a constituent of all living tissues. Nitrogen forms many important compounds such as amino acids, ammonia, nitric acid, and cyanides. Nitrogen - Notable characteristics. Nitrogen is a non-metal, with an electronegativity of 3.0. It has five electron ...

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Despite some promotional claims that rooibos is a source of vitamin C, Joubert says it is not. "We have tested both the traditional rooibos and green rooibos, and vitamin C was not present," she says. With the exceptions of fluoride and copper, the trace amounts of minerals in rooibos are not enough to make the tea a meaningful dietary source of minerals for the average consumer. Several other health advantages of rooibos tea that are often mentioned are its zero caffeine content and its low tannin content. Because rooibos is naturall ...

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Nutraceutical is a combination of "nutritional" and "pharmaceutical" and refers to foods thought to have a beneficial effect on human health. Dr. Stephen DeFelice coined the term in 1989. The term nutraceutical is being commonly used in marketing but has no regulatory definition. Nutraceuticals are often used in nutrient premixes or nutrient systems in the food and pharmaceutical industries. N ...

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Vascular tissue is a complex tissue found in vascular plants. The primary components of vascular tissue are the xylem and phloem. These two tissues transport fluid and nutrients internally. There are also two meristems associated with vascular tissue: the vascular cambium and the cork cambium. The cells in differentiated vascular tissue are typically long and slender. Since the xylem and phloem function in the conduction of water, minerals, and nutrients throughout the plant, it is not surprising that their form s ...

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Biostimulation involves the modification of the environment to stimulate existing bacteria capable of bioremediation. This can be done by addition of various forms of limiting nutrients, such as phosphorus, nitrogen, or carbon (e.g. in the form of molasses). Additives are usually added to the subsurface through injection wells, although injection well technology for biostimulation purposes is still emerging. Removal of the contaminated material is also an option, albeit and expensive one. ...

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The germ is the "heart" of the cereal kernel, the embryo of the seed, and a concentrated source of several essential nutrients including Vitamin E, folate (folic acid), phosphorus, thiamin, zinc and magnesium. Along with bran, germ is often a by-product of the milling that produces refined grain products. Wheat germ, rice germ, maize germ, and others may be used to extract vegetable oil or directly as a food-making ingredient. The ger ...

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Brassica oleracea or Wild Cabbage, is a species of Brassica native to coastal southern and western Europe, where its resistance to salt and lime but intolerance of competition from other plants typically restricts its natural occurrence to limestone sea cliffs. It is a tall biennial plant, forming a stout rosette of large leaves in the first year, the leaves being fleshier and thicker than those of other Brassica species, adaptations to store water and nutrients in a difficult growing environment. In its second year, the stored nutrients are used to produce a ...

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Brassica oleracea - Cultivation and uses

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Aeroponics is a hydroponic technique involving the use of sprayers, nebulizers, foggers, or other devices to create a fine mist of solution to deliver nutrients to plant roots. Aeroponic techniques are used in the cultivation of high value crops and plant specimens that can offset the high setup and maintenance costs associated with this method of horticulture. In many aeroponic gardens, the plant roots are suspended above a reservoir of nutrient solution or inside a channel connected to a reservoir. A pump delivers nutr ...

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Assimilation (from Latin assimilatio; "to render similar") may refer to more than one article: Assimilation (linguistics), a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound Assimilation (biology), the conversion of nutrient into the fluid or solid substance of the body, by the processes of digestion and absorption Cultural assimilation, the process whereby a minority group gradually adopts the cus ...

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Diet may mean: In nutrition: Diet (nutrition), the sum of the food consumed by an organism or group. Dieting, the deliberate selection of food to control body weight or nutrient intake. Diet food, those foods that aid in Dieting, e.g. Diet Coke Other uses: Diet (assembly), formal deliberative assembly Dietsch, distinguishes the southern dialects in the Middle Dutch language ...

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Antlers are the large and complex horn-like appendages of deer, consisting of bony outgrowths from the head with no covering of keratin as is found in true horns. Each antler grows from an attachment point on the skull called a pedicle. While an antler is growing it is covered with highly vascular skin called velvet, which supplies oxygen and nutrients to the growing bone; once the antler has achieved its proper size, the velvet is lost and the ...

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