The part of the annual xylem increment that usually is produced late in the growing season and is of higher density than wood produced early in the season is called “latewood.” (Dr.Stephen G. Pallardy, in Physiology of Woody Plants (Third Edition), 2008)
A small localized area, within a larger habitat, with physical and ecological characteristics that distinguish it from its immediate surrounding area. (FAOTERM, 2024 https://www.fao.org/faoterm/en/)
Myoglobinuria is the presence of an excess amount of myoglobin in the urine. (Anwar MY, Gupta V. Myoglobinuria. [Updated 2021 Nov 20]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2022 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK557379/)
Shellac is a resin secreted by the female lac bug on trees in the forests of India and Thailand. It is processed and sold as dry flakes (pictured) and dissolved in alcohol to make liquid shellac, which is used as a brush-on colorant, food glaze and wood finish. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellac)
A micronekton is a group of organisms of 2 to 20 cm in size which are able to swim independently of ocean currents. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micronekton)
The fish spawned or hatched in a given year. In the northern hemisphere, when spawning is in autumn and hatching in spring, the calendar year of the hatch is commonly used to identify the year-class (except usually for salmon). Also called: brood, generation. (Ricker W.E. (1975): Computation and interpretation of biological statistics of fish populations. Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 191: 2-6.)
The anatoxins are toxic constituents of blue-green algae produced by Anabaena flos-aquae and a number of other freshwater species of cyanobacteria. (Reference Module in Biomedical Sciences, 2017)
Miserotoxin is a 3-nitro-1-propanol beta-D-glucoside which is found in many species of Astragalus. In order for it to cause poisoning, however, it must be hydrolyzed to release the nitropropanol moiety. This hydrolysis occurs by the action of beta-glucosidase, implying that animals with low beta-gluc activities are unaffected. (Cornell University 2018. Miserotoxin and its substituent Nitro- compounds https://poisonousplants.ansci.cornell.edu/locoweed/miser.html)
Ricin is a toxic glycoprotein (with several minor variants) belonging to the type II group of ribosome inactivating proteins (type II RIP) found in the seeds (beans) of the castor oil plant (Ricinus communis L. (Euphorbiaceae)). It is composed of two polypeptide chains of approximately 30 kDa joined by a disulfide bond. (Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain on a request from the European Commission on ricin (from Ricinus communis) as undesirable substances in animal feed. The EFSA Journal (2008) 726, 1-38. https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.2903/j.efsa.2008.726)
Oat flour is made by grinding oatmeal on stones and sifting out the fine material. It is also obtained as a by-product of groat cutting. (Rosentrater, Kurt & Evers, A.D.. (2018). Flour treatments, applications, quality, storage and transport. 10.1016/B978-0-08-100529-3.00007-4.)
Peptides composed of two amino acid units.Dipeptides MeSH Descriptor Data 2024. (National Library of Medicine. MeSH (Medical Subject Headings), https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D004151)
