A nutrient is a substance used by an organism to survive, grow, and reproduce. The requirement for dietary nutrient intake applies to animals, plants... 40 KB (4,010 words) - 08:44, 17 April 2024 |
life, most are not. Minerals are one of the four groups of essential nutrients, the others of which are vitamins, essential fatty acids, and essential... 37 KB (3,054 words) - 16:35, 22 March 2024 |
Proteins are essential nutrients for the human body. They are one of the building blocks of body tissue and can also serve as a fuel source. As a fuel... 46 KB (5,048 words) - 04:56, 23 April 2024 |
A nutrient cycle (or ecological recycling) is the movement and exchange of inorganic and organic matter back into the production of matter. Energy flow... 51 KB (5,266 words) - 18:54, 24 March 2024 |
Nutrient agar is a general-purpose solid medium supporting growth of a wide range of non-fastidious organisms. It typically contains (mass/volume): 0.5%... 3 KB (361 words) - 04:14, 3 January 2024 |
are known as the nutrient foramina, and are particularly large in the shafts of the larger long bones, where they lead into a nutrient canal, which extends... 2 KB (215 words) - 17:43, 3 March 2023 |
The nutrient artery (arteria nutricia, or central artery), usually accompanied by one or two nutrient veins, enters the bone through the nutrient foramen... 2 KB (203 words) - 04:49, 24 March 2023 |
Plant nutrition (redirect from Nutrient (plant)) essential plant nutrients include seventeen different elements: carbon, oxygen and hydrogen which are absorbed from the air, whereas other nutrients including... 57 KB (7,336 words) - 18:48, 6 March 2024 |
Eutrophication (redirect from Nutrient loading) Eutrophication is a general term describing a process in which nutrients accumulate in a body of water, resulting in an increased growth of microorganisms... 77 KB (8,196 words) - 09:23, 3 April 2024 |
Nutrient timing is a sports dieting concept which suggests that time may be a missing dimension in improved muscular development. This concept represents... 4 KB (528 words) - 22:49, 26 November 2023 |
A nutrient enema, also known as feeding per rectum, rectal alimentation, or rectal feeding, is an enema administered to provide nutrition in cases where... 4 KB (432 words) - 14:16, 15 December 2023 |
Nutrient profiling, also nutritional profiling, is the science of classifying or ranking foods by their nutritional composition in order to promote health... 2 KB (257 words) - 17:55, 27 December 2023 |
Soil (redirect from Plant-essential nutrient) air, water, temperature moderation, nutrients, and protection from toxins. Soils provide readily available nutrients to plants and animals by converting... 203 KB (22,546 words) - 22:40, 28 March 2024 |
Nutrient depletion is a form of resource depletion and refers to the loss of nutrients and micronutrients in a habitat or parts of the biosphere, most... 4 KB (463 words) - 11:52, 15 July 2023 |
Nutrient budgets are comparisons of nutrients applied to the soil to those taken up by crops. A nutrient budget takes into account all the nutrient inputs... 4 KB (516 words) - 14:26, 5 March 2024 |
Nutrient density identifies the amount of beneficial nutrients in a food product in proportion to e.g. energy content, weight or amount of perceived detrimental... 11 KB (1,318 words) - 21:01, 14 December 2023 |
Hydroponics (section Nutrient solutions) crops or medicinal plants, without soil, by using water-based mineral nutrient solutions in an artificial environment. Terrestrial or aquatic plants may... 89 KB (9,245 words) - 07:52, 15 March 2024 |
Nutritional value (redirect from Nutrient value) ratio of the essential nutrients carbohydrates, fat, protein, minerals, and vitamins in items of food or diet concerning the nutrient requirements of their... 3 KB (279 words) - 01:52, 2 April 2024 |
Nutrient deficiency may refer to: Malnutrition, a condition in animals that results from a diet deficient in calories and/or essential nutrients Micronutrient... 516 bytes (105 words) - 01:43, 18 December 2018 |
In plants, nutrient resorption is a process in which nutrients are withdrawn from senescing plant tissues. It acts as a nutrient conservation mechanism... 1 KB (121 words) - 04:20, 26 January 2024 |
Micronutrient (redirect from Micro nutrient) intake commonly result in malnutrition. Inadequate intake of essential nutrients predisposes humans to various chronic diseases, with some 50% of American... 12 KB (1,255 words) - 23:32, 29 February 2024 |
Surface runoff (redirect from Nutrient runoff) surface runoff, leading to a number of down stream impacts, including nutrient pollution that causes eutrophication. In addition to causing water erosion... 41 KB (5,166 words) - 09:01, 3 April 2024 |
Ecosystem ecology (redirect from Nutrient cycling efficiency) (species, inorganic pools of nutrients, etc.). Later work demonstrated that these interactions and flows applied to nutrient cycles, changed over the course... 23 KB (2,959 words) - 07:37, 21 August 2023 |
Nutrient sensing is a cell's ability to recognize and respond to fuel substrates such as glucose. Each type of fuel used by the cell requires an alternate... 12 KB (1,489 words) - 05:03, 1 January 2024 |
Seventeen elements or nutrients are essential for plant growth and reproduction. They are carbon (C), hydrogen (H), oxygen (O), nitrogen (N), phosphorus... 68 KB (7,480 words) - 04:30, 26 January 2024 |
Foliar feeding (redirect from Foliar nutrient) Geiger counter was used to observe absorption, movement and nutrient utilization. The nutrients were transported at the rate of about one foot per hour to... 4 KB (465 words) - 14:15, 30 August 2023 |