phytochemical
chemistry
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occurrence in fruit
- In A Kiwi a Day: Fruit and health
…substantial amounts of fibre and phytochemicals, two important nonnutritive food factors. Fibre enhances the digestive process, stimulates bowel movements, lowers cholesterol, and has a positive influence on blood sugar levels. Phytochemicals (phyto comes from the Greek word for “plant”) have been shown to influence the body’s biochemistry in numerous subtle…
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plant chemicals
- In Plant Chemicals: Tasty and Terrifying: Plant Chemicals: Tasty and Terrifying transcript
…some secondary metabolites, or “phytochemicals” as they’re also known, that have popped up multiple times in unrelated plants through the miracle of evolution. That is to say, some species independently came up with the same (or very similar) chemical as something useful for their particular circumstances. For example, you…
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