BPS 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Wasabi, Pinus Pinaster, Ginger
11 Oct 2017
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Quiz 2 on thursday (12 np and match them with the compounds) Chemical constituents: fatty acids, long chain hydrocarbon structures with cooh functional group. Triglycerides (cholesterol) should not be high in your blood: types: saturated, monounsaturated (mufa) e. g. olive oils, Polyunsaturated: cis- vs. trans- unsaturated fats, essential fatty acids: cannot be synthesized by the body and have to obtained from diet. Body can convert certain fatty acids into epa. Omega-6 are pro-inflammatory, they are not as good. Vitamin c on apples to prevent them from going brown: soy isoflavone: phytoestrogens thought to mimic and act as an antagonist of estrogen. Reduces symptoms of hot flashes in post- menopausal women: flax lignans: phytoestrogens, popular dietary supplements: black cohosh: cimicifuga racemosa; red clover: trifolium pratense, polysaccharides and immuno-modulation, immunomodulator and immunostimulants: tcm huge with mushrooms; contains a lot of polysaccharides. Boosting the immune system: echinacea: 3 major species, sometimes not clear.
