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Aflatoxins are naturally occurring mycotoxins that are produced by many species of Aspergillus, a fungus, most notably Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus. Aflatoxins are toxic and carcinogenic to animals, including humans. After entering the body, aflatoxins are metabolized by the liver to an intermediate reactive, aflatoxin M1, an epoxide. Aflatoxin - Contamination Conditions. Aspergillus is common and widespread in nature and are most often found when cro ...

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• Aflatoxin - Contamination Conditions
• Aflatoxin - Pathology
• Aflatoxin - Detection of Aflatoxin in Humans
• Aflatoxin - Major types of Aflatoxins and its metabolite
• Aflatoxin - Interaction of Aflatoxin with Hepatitis B Virus

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Plastic is a term that covers a range of synthetic or semisynthetic polymerization products. They are composed of organic condensation or addition polymers and may contain other substances to improve performance or economics. There are few natural polymers generally considered to be "plastics". Plastics can be formed into objects or films or fibers. Their name is derived from the fact that many are malleable, having the property of plasticity. Plastics are designed with immense variation in properties such as heat tolerance, hardness, ...

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• Plastic - Natural polymers
• Plastic - Cellulose-based plastics: celluloid and rayon
• Plastic - Bakelite phenolic
• Plastic - Polystyrene and PVC
• Plastic - Nylon
• Plastic - Synthetic rubber
• Plastic - Plastics explosion: acrylic polyethylene etc.
• Plastic - The environment
• Plastic - Biodegradable Plastics
• Plastic - Price and the future
• Plastic - Common plastics and their typical uses
• Plastic - Special purpose plastics

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The azuki bean (also spelled adzuki) is an annual vine widely grown throughout eastern Asia and the Himalaya for its small (approximately 5 mm) bean. The cultivars most familiar in northeast Asia have a uniform red color, but white, black, gray and variously mottled varieties are also known. Genetic evidence indicates that the azuki bean was first domesticated in the Himalaya. It was cultivated in China and Korea before 1000 BC. It was later taken to Japan, where it is now ...

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See text The Buckthorns Rhamnus are a genus (or two genera, if Frangula is treated as distinct) of about 100 species of shrubs or small trees from 1-10 m tall (rarely to 15 m), in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae. They are native throughout the temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere, and also more locally in the subtropical Southern Hemisphere in parts of Africa and South America. Both deciduous and evergreen species occur. The leaves are simple, 3-15 cm long, and arranged either alternately or ...

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• Buckthorn - Classification

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A Chinatown is a section containing a large population of Chinese people within a city that is not predominantly Chinese. Singapore, with its predominently ethnic Chinese population, is the only exception. Chinatowns are most common in Southeast Asia and North America, but growing Chinatowns can be found in Europe and Australia, as well as in São Paulo, Brazil. Chinatowns were formed in the 19th century in many areas of the United States and Canada as a result of discriminatory land laws that forbade the sale of any land to Ch ...

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• Chinatown - Names
• Chinatown - Settlement patterns and history of the earliest Chinatowns
• Chinatown - Features
• Chinatown - Arches or Paifang
• Chinatown - Bilingual signs
• Chinatown - Antiquated features
• Chinatown - Restaurants
• Chinatown - Shops
• Chinatown - Benevolent associations
• Chinatown - Annual events in Chinatown
• Chinatown - Dragon and lion dances
• Chinatown - Social problems in Chinatown
• Chinatown - Chinatowns worldwide
• Chinatown - Chinatown in film television and the arts

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The Federative Republic of Brazil (in Portuguese, República Federativa do Brasil; pron. IPA /ʁe.'pu.bli.kɐ fe.de.ɾa.'tʃi.vɐ du bɾa.'ziw/) is the largest and most populous country in Latin America, and fifth largest in the world. Spanning a vast area between central South America and the Atlantic Ocean, it is the easternmost country of the Americas and it borders Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and the French de ...

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• Brazil - History
• Brazil - Politics
• Brazil - States
• Brazil - Geography
• Brazil - Economy
• Brazil - Demographics
• Brazil - Ethnicity and race
• Brazil - Languages
• Brazil - Religion
• Brazil - Poverty illiteracy and income concentration
• Brazil - International rankings
• Brazil - Culture
• Brazil - Flora and fauna
• Brazil - Sports

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Biodiesel is fuel made from renewable resources such as vegetable oils or animal fats. It is biodegradable and non-toxic, and has significantly fewer emissions than petroleum-based diesel (petro-diesel) when burned. Biodiesel functions in current diesel engines, and is a possible candidate to replace fossil fuels as the world's primary transport energy source. With a flash point of 150 °C, Biodiesel is classified as a non-flammable liquid by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. This property makes a vehicle fuele ...

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• Biodiesel - History
• Biodiesel - Fuel quality standards and properties
• Biodiesel - Production
• Biodiesel - Base oils
• Biodiesel - Efficiency and economic arguments
• Biodiesel - Availability
• Biodiesel - Australia
• Biodiesel - Brazil
• Biodiesel - Belgium
• Biodiesel - Canada
• Biodiesel - Germany
• Biodiesel - India
• Biodiesel - United States

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Brazil's population is a racial mix of native Amerindians, Portuguese, Africans, Italians, Spaniards, Germans, Syrians, Lebanese and Asians. This has created a national cooking style marked by the preservation of regional differences. Cuisine of Brazil - Brazil's five main cuisine regions. Cuisine of Brazil - North. Acre, Amazonas, Amapá, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima, and Tocantins Collectively, the region is known as Amazônia for it includes a large part of the rain fores ...

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• Cuisine of Brazil - Brazil's five main cuisine regions
• Cuisine of Brazil - North
• Cuisine of Brazil - Northeast
• Cuisine of Brazil - Central-West
• Cuisine of Brazil - Southeast
• Cuisine of Brazil - South
• Cuisine of Brazil - Staple Ingredients
• Cuisine of Brazil - Other special dishes
• Cuisine of Brazil - Vegetarian and vegan food
• Cuisine of Brazil - External link

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Vegetable oil or vegoil is fat extracted from plant sources, known as oil plants. Although in principle other parts of plants may yield oil, in practice seeds form the almost exclusive source. Vegetable oils are used as cooking oils and for industrial uses. Some types, such as rapeseed oil, cottonseed oil, or castor oil, are not fit for human consumption without further processing. Like all fats, vegetable oils are esters of glycerin and a varying blend of fatty acids, and are insoluble in water but soluble in organic so ...

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• Vegetable oil - Sources
• Vegetable oil - Extraction
• Vegetable oil - Industrial uses

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Bean is a common name for large plant seeds of several genera of Fabaceae (formerly Leguminosae) used for food or feed. Bean - Name. Bean originally meant the seed of the broad bean, but was later broadened to include members of the genus Phaseolus such as the common bean or haricot and the runner bean and the related genus Vigna. The term is now applied in a general way to many other related plants such as soybeans, peas, lentils, vetches and lupins. Some raw beans, for example ...

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• Bean - Name
• Bean - Types of beans
• Bean - Cultural aspects

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Techniques - Utensils Weights and measures Spices and Herbs Sauces - Soups - Desserts Cheese - Pasta - Bread Other ingredients Africa - Asia - Caribbean South Asian - Latin America Middle East - The West Other cuisines... Famous chefs Kitchens - Meals Wikibooks: Cookbook There are many views of what is fundamental to Japanese cuisine. Many think of sushi or the elegant stylized formal kaiseki meals that originated as part of the ...

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• Japanese cuisine - Food individual to the country
• Japanese cuisine - Traditional Japanese table settings
• Japanese cuisine - Dishes for special occasions
• Japanese cuisine - Japanese ingredients
• Japanese cuisine - Japanese flavorings
• Japanese cuisine - Famous Japanese foods and dishes
• Japanese cuisine - Deep-Fried dishes Agemono
• Japanese cuisine - Donburi
• Japanese cuisine - Grilled and pan-fried dishes Yakimono
• Japanese cuisine - Nabemono one pot cooking
• Japanese cuisine - Noodles men-rui
• Japanese cuisine - Other
• Japanese cuisine - Rice gohanmono
• Japanese cuisine - Sashimi
• Japanese cuisine - Soups suimono and shirumono
• Japanese cuisine - Sushi
• Japanese cuisine - Sweets
• Japanese cuisine - Chinmi
• Japanese cuisine - Japanese influence on other cuisines
• Japanese cuisine - Imported and adapted foods
• Japanese cuisine - Washoku and yōshoku
• Japanese cuisine - Tempura
• Japanese cuisine - Fusion foods

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Utensils North Indian Punjabi - Mughlai -Rajasthani Kashmiri - Benarasi - Bihari South Indian Kerala - Tamil - Andhra Karnataka East Indian Bengali - Assamese - Oriya West Indian Goa - Gujarati - Maharashtrian Malvani - Parsi Other < ...

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• Indian cuisine - History
• Indian cuisine - Regional cuisines
• Indian cuisine - Staple ingredients and spices
• Indian cuisine - Indian food abroad
• Indian cuisine - Media
• Indian cuisine - Notes

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Botany is the scientific study of plant life. As a branch of biology, it is also sometimes referred to as plant science(s) or plant biology. Botany covers a wide range of scientific disciplines that study the growth, reproduction, metabolism, development, diseases, ecology, and evolution of plants. Botany - Scope and importance of botany. As with other life forms in biology, plant life can be studied from different perspectives, from the molecular, genetic and biochemical level through organel ...

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• Botany - Scope and importance of botany
• Botany - Feed the world
• Botany - Understand fundamental life processes
• Botany - Utilise medicine and materials
• Botany - Understand environmental changes
• Botany - History
• Botany - Early botany before 1945
• Botany - Modern botany since 1945

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The Buenos Aires province (IPA: /ˈbwenos ˈaiɾes/, Spanish: Provincia de Buenos Aires) is the largest, wealthiest and most populated province of Argentina. Even though the Buenos Aires city is inside its territory, it is an autonomous city and not part of the province. The province has a population of 13,827,203 (2001) and its capital is La Plata (850.000 inhabitants), 50 kilometers south of the city of Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires Province - History. Th ...

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• Buenos Aires Province - History
• Buenos Aires Province - Geography
• Buenos Aires Province - Climate
• Buenos Aires Province - Economy
• Buenos Aires Province - Tourism
• Buenos Aires Province - Political division

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Alachlor is an herbicide, marketed under the trade name Lasso, used mainly to control weeds in corn and soybean fields. For more information on alachlor, visit: http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/profiles/herb-growthreg/24-d-butylate/alachlor/herb-prof-alachlor.html Other related archivescorn, herbicide, soybean, weeds

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This is about the snack food; please see "Bugle" for other uses of this word. Bugles are a corn chip snack food from General Mills. They come in the following flavors: Chile Cheese, Nacho Cheese, Original, Salsa, Smokin' BBQ, and Southwest Ranch. Their name comes from their shape, although they more closely resemble cornucopias. Bugles were test-marketed in 1965 and introduced nationally in early 1966 as one of a trio of new snacks, the other two being the flower-shaped Daisy*s and the tube-s ...

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A confidence trick, confidence game, also known as a con or scam, is an attempt to intentionally mislead a person or persons (known as the "mark") usually with the goal of financial or other gain. The confidence trickster, con man, scam artist or con artist often works with one or more accomplices called shills, who try to encourage the mark by pretending to believe the trickster. In a traditional con, the mark is encouraged to believe that they will obtain money dishonestly by c ...

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• Confidence trick - Origin of the term
• Confidence trick - Well-known confidence tricks
• Confidence trick - Extra finesse
• Confidence trick - Famous convicted and alleged con artists
• Confidence trick - Confidence tricks in the movies and television
• Confidence trick - Confidence tricks in literature
• Confidence trick - Quotations

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Western Ontario is a region of the Canadian province of Ontario, centred on the city of London. It extends north to south from Lake Huron to Lake Erie, and east to west roughly from Kitchener to Windsor. Other cities in the region are Ingersoll, Sarnia, St. Thomas, Stratford, and Woodstock; some definitions reach eastward to as far as Brantford, Guelph or Orangeville, but more recently these cities and towns are included in the growing Greater Golden Horseshoe region. Western Ontario is geographically speaking not in the west of Ontario, but it constitutes the western portion of the origina ...

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Indianapolis International Airport - Concourse A. Northwest Airlines (Cancun, Denver, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Memphis, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York-LaGuardia, Orlando, Tampa, Washington-Reagan) Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Boston, Detroit, Hartford, Kansas City, New York-LaGuardia, Philadelphia, Raleigh/Durham, Washington-Reagan) Indianapolis International Airport - Concourse B. ...

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Indianapolis International Airport, Indianapolis International Airport - History, Indianapolis International Airport - Concourses, Indianapolis International Airport - Concourse A, Indianapolis International Airport - Concourse B, Indianapolis International Airport - Concourse C, Indianapolis International Airport - Concourse D, Indianapolis International Airport - External link

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The features described below are characteristic of most Chinatowns. In some cases, however, they may only apply to Chinatowns in Western countries, such as those in North America, Australia, and Western Europe. (See also: Chinatown patterns in North America) Chinatown - Arches or Paifang. Many tourist-destination metropolitan Chinatowns can be easily distinguished by large red arch entrance structures known in Mandarin Chinese as Paifang (sometimes accompanied by mason lion statues cal ...

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Chinatown, Chinatown - Names, Chinatown - Settlement patterns and history of the earliest Chinatowns, Chinatown - Features, Chinatown - Arches or Paifang, Chinatown - Bilingual signs, Chinatown - Antiquated features, Chinatown - Restaurants, Chinatown - Shops, Chinatown - Benevolent associations, Chinatown - Annual events in Chinatown, Chinatown - Dragon and lion dances, Chinatown - Social problems in Chinatown, Chinatown - Chinatowns worldwide, Chinatown - Chinatown in film television and the arts

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