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Phytochemicals: Natural Chemicals of Plants
Phytochemicals are chemical compounds created by plants. They can enhance a plant's color, flavor, and aroma and provide defense systems...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 175 min read
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Wine Making Process: Grape to Glass
Wine making starts with selecting the ripest grapes and follows through various stages of fermentation, aging and bottling. Here's an...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 165 min read
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Yeast & Fermentation: the Crabtree Effect
The Crabtree effect causes yeasts like Saccharomyces cerevisiae to produce alcohol in an oxygenated habitat under osmotic pressures from...

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Feb 163 min read
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Sucrose: Double Sugar of Science & Cuisine
Sucrose, commonly known as table sugar, is a disaccharide or double sugar of glucose and fructose. Most sucrose eaten by humans comes...

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Feb 165 min read
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Algae: Evolution, Science & Environment
Algae are a diverse range of species, from microscopic phytoplankton to massive kelp forests. Their variety comes from lack of a common...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 164 min read
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Yeast, Humans & Aerobic Respiration of Cells
Yeast is a single-celled organism, multiplying rapidly in the presence of sugar. Its products differ in aerobic and anaerobic conditions....

Sylvia Rose
Feb 154 min read
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Yeast Fermentation: Beer Brewing Process
Fermentation is a vital step in brewing, transforming sweet wort into beer. While the initial stages of malting, mashing and making the...

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Feb 155 min read
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Cyanobacteria: Nutrients & Bacterial Blooms
Cyanobacteria, also called blue-green algae, are historically entwined with the evolution of Earth. They convert sunlight, water, and...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 143 min read
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Phytoplankton: Environment & Human Health
Phytoplankton are microscopic plants of the waters. Phytoplankton support marine life, influence climate and health. A diverse group of...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 143 min read
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Long-Chain Fatty Acids: Humans & Environment
Long-chain fatty acids (LCFAs) are nutritional components of human and environmental health. From supporting brain function to regulating...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 143 min read
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Acidosis & Body Fluid Acid Levels: Human Health
Acidosis is a medical condition characterized by increased acidity in body fluids like mucus, sweat, tears and urine and sometimes blood....

Sylvia Rose
Feb 135 min read
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Sugars D-Galactose & L-Galactose: Nutrition
D-Galactose and L-Galactose are forms of the simple sugar galactose . They have the same molecular formula but differ in structure and...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 133 min read
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Lactic Acidosis: Harmful Levels of Lactic Acid
Lactic acidosis is caused by the way bodies manage metabolism. A progressive medical condition, lactic acidosis is characterized by...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 134 min read
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Five Food Acids: Citric, Acetic, Malic, Tartaric & Lactic
Food acids include citric, acetic, malic, tartaric and lactic acid. They have numerous uses in nature, health and cuisine, each with...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 135 min read
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Pectin: Nature's Polysaccharide Gelatin
Pectin is a polysaccharide found in nature, cooking and confectionary. A type of fiber, it fortifies the structure of plants and is...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 125 min read
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Methane (CH4): Science of Microbial Gas
Methane is a colorless, odorless gas. The simplest hydrocarbon, it consists of one carbon atom bonded to four hydrogen atoms. It is the...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 124 min read
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Methanogenesis: Microbial Methane Production
Methanogenesis or biomethanation, is biochemical process influencing the Earth's carbon cycle. Specialized microorganisms, methanogens...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 124 min read
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Acetic Acid: Nature, Microbes & Health
Acetic acid is well known in cuisine for its pleasantly sour taste and sharp scent. From kitchen vinegar to major functions in...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 115 min read
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Lactic Acid: Nature & the Human Body
Lactic acid affects human bodies and the physiology of organisms large and small. From climbing stairs to breaching athletic limits...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 113 min read
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Acetate in Nature: Vital Functions & Health
Acetate is a short chain fatty acid produced by microbes. In natural processes and biological functions, acetate has many tasks in...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 114 min read
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