MEDICINAL PLANTS

Abortifacient:

A substance capable of causing disruption of normal pregnancy.

Absorber:

The process by which liquids are captured dissolved substances to a greater or lesser extent.

Adult:

Term indicating the phase of the plant in which it is able to multiply or which may give flowers or reproductive organs.

Adventitia (root):

Are the roots that spring from a stem, be it underground, air and water

Aerobic:

Any organism that lives in the presence of oxygen and even required for normal development.

Agar:

Substance produced by a type of algae, specifically red algae. Among its many uses include being a good laxative and an excellent culture medium for bacteria.

Agonist:

A substance that has a similar effect to another.

Alergenizante:

Substance of any kind can create an allergy. Pollen of flowers is a substance alergenizante, as are certain tissues, medicines, food ...

Algae:

They are simple plants with a body photosynthetic unicellular, colonial, filamentous or taloide. Are aquatic, marine and freshwater, and can also be found in wet habitats on earth.

Alkaloids:

Organic substances of plant origin, bearing nitrogen in its composition. Many of them have applications in medicine as remedies, but others by their high power are very toxic and dangerous.

Alopecia:

Absence of hair in areas where skin is usually present. Also known as baldness.

Alternative:

Alternate leaves are those in solo and different levels of the stem.

Amebicide:

A substance that kills amoebae.

Amenorrhea:

Absence of menstrual period in fertile women.

Amento:

Inflorescence typical of the poplars and willows. It consists of a pendulous spike, with a unisexual flower bracts and axis.

Amina:

Simple organic nitrogen compounds derived from ammonia, formed by plants and by bacterial action on amino acids. It is a very important group of substances from the pharmaceutical viewpoint.

Amino acids:

Compounds containing an amino and a carboxyl group, essential constituents of proteins. Almost all can be synthesized in the human body, except a few who are called "essential amino acids and they must be ingested in the diet.

Amoeba:

Very simple organism that moves by amoeboid called characteristic movements, which consist of extensions and contractions of himself.

Anaerobic:

Any organism that lives in the absence of oxygen and this can affect their development.

Analgesic:

A substance that removes or reduces pain.

Anemia:

Lack of red blood cells or hemoglobin in the blood.

Angiocarpo:

That is the fruit hidden by a jacket.

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