Sentence examples for against ingestion from inspiring English sources

The bittering agent is thought to stop ingestion as part of the human defense against ingestion of harmful substances is rejection of bitter tasting substances.

To allow for diel vertical migration the larvae could optimize their depth location by balancing the probability of mortality against ingestion rates above and below their immediate depth position [21].

By June 2006, the products had a new caution label warning against the ingestion of magnets, he said.

Shvetambara monks are allowed to retain a few possessions such as a robe, an alms bowl, a whisk broom, and a mukhavastrika (a piece of cloth held over the mouth to protect against the ingestion of small insects), which are presented by a senior monk at the time of initiation.

The second chapter has to do with bitter taste perception, a key detection mechanism against the ingestion of bioactive substances.

Sweet, umami and salt modalities allow recognition of energy-containing nutrients and maintenance of electrolyte balance, while sour and bitter taste modalities are thought to act as brakes or warnings against further ingestion of rancid or noxious foods.

Bitter taste perception likely evolved as a protective mechanism against the ingestion of harmful compounds in food.

Most recreational water quality standards are aimed at protecting beachgoers against accidental ingestion of or skin contact with water contaminated by fecal material.

The lack of bitter taste is particularly unexpected because natural toxins typically taste bitter, and bitter taste thus represents an important natural defense against the ingestion of poisonous chemicals from the external environment (Glendinning 1994).

Management of patients presenting within 24 h of nonstaggered overdose is guided by the plasma acetaminophen concentration, plotted against time since ingestion on a treatment nomogram [ 3, 4].

Compounds which demonstrated robust activity in the flea feed assay were subsequently tested in an in vitro ingestion assay against the soft tick, Ornithodoros turicata.