Castration established the testes (testicles) as the source of substances responsible for the development and maintenance of "maleness".
Many medicinal plants are a rich source of substances which induce para-immunity, non-specific activation of granulocytes, macrophages, natural killer cells and the complement system.
An increase in visceral fat, usually as a result of high caloric intake, is therefore a preferential source of substances impacting on the liver.
Therefore, this observation has the potential for practical application, since spent hop extract containing no xanthohumol is still a good source of substances with antimicrobial and antibiofilm activities.
This study has demonstrated that these two plants - K.neglecta and C. ambrosioides - used in the Brazilian folk medicine are a potential source of substances with biological activities.
Other links : Databases additionally contain links to Gene Expression Omnibus (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/ ), transcriptional signature changes from LINCSCLOUD L1000 assay (www.lincscloud.org/ ), natural sources of substances that are not synthetized, and structural analogs.
He said that it was not clear what the source of the substance was, but that one direction of the investigation would be to determine whether the it was flammable and whether it could have come in contact with parts of the cable car that become heated when operating, thus causing a fire to erupt.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said it was trying to determine the source of the substance.
Scientists are trying to establish the nature and source of the substance, which may be palm oil.
An investigation into the source of a substance which killed scores of birds has been closed, with the authorities unable to find the ship responsible.
A spokesman for The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said it was "continuing with its efforts to identify the source" of the substance.
