Different from our findings, a number of researchers reported that root parts were frequently involved in preparation of pharmacological substances to cure various livestock diseases occurring endemically [ 17, 18, 21, 33, 36].
Biological processes related to responses to external stimuli, such as inorganic and organic substances, and to various types of abiotic stress, such as osmotic, oxidative or salt stress, were prominent in the roots and basal plate.
The placental barrier, however, does allow molecules of various substances to pass through; such differential permeability is indeed necessary if the embryo is to obtain nourishment.
Remember the high school chemistry (maybe middle school?) experiment where you dipped litmus paper strips into various substances to test whether they were BASES or ACIDS?
When a guy is overloaded with work, he longs for them and makes all sorts of plans, but once they actually come along, he just sits there feeling wrung out, using various substances to relax, until finally he just falls asleep.
To identify Ca2+-signaling pathways we combined patch-clamp recordings, Ca2+-imaging, mRNA-transcript analysis and focal pressure-application of various substances to identified NG2-cells in acute hippocampal slices.
Mothers applied various substances to the skin and umbilical cord, with special practices for preterm infants.
Mothers applied various substances to the skin and umbilical cord, most commonly powders made of burnt roots or ash, with special practices for preterm infants.
Homeopathy is a 200-year-old therapeutic system that uses extremely small doses of various substances to stimulate auto-regulation and self-healing processes [ 55].
In addition to being highly productive, plants affect microorganisms in wetlands by transferring oxygen to the vicinity of roots, the rhizosphere (Zhang et al. 2009), and exude various substances to act as a food source for the microorganisms surviving in the habitat (Lu et al. 2007).
