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important human food grain and ranks second in total production as a cereal crop behind maize; the third being rice. Wheat grain is a staple food used to make...

retention. The active ingredients in restharrow are essential oils, flavonoid-glycosides, and tannins. Restharrows are used as food plants by the larvae...

tropane alkaloids that are sometimes used as a hallucinogen. The active ingredients are atropine, hyoscyamine and scopolamine which are classified as deliriants...

lightly toasting and then crushing the tiny seedpods before adding them to food. Only the husks are used; the seeds are discarded or ignored. It is generally...

must be made in a very short time, or are of delicate feeding habits. Their food, therefore, must be easily assimilable. It is good practice to pile all coarse...

root can be chewed as a sweet. According to the US Department of Agriculture Food Database, black licorice contains approximately 100 calories per ounce (28g)...

mashua (T. tuberosum) produces an edible underground tuber that is a major food source in parts of the Andes. Nasturtiums are also considered widely useful...

Asian food market. The tubers are harvested after about 6 months of growth. Some are eaten right after harvesting and some are used as ingredients for other...

Greek hay). An annual legume indigenous to western Asia, cultivated for human food, forage, and for medicinal qualities; widely naturalized in Mediterranean...

transmit Fasciolopsiasis. Aquatic plants Water caltrop McGee, Harold (2004). On Food and Cooking (Revised Edition). Scribner. ISBN 0-684-80001-2.  p. 308. nutritiondata...

calamus (such as its oil) were banned in 1968 as food additives and medicines by the United States Food and Drug Administration. Calamus has been an item...

yezoensis and P. tenera. The term nori is also commonly used to refer to the food products created from these so-called "sea vegetables". Finished products...

powder" was developed by the British, who wished to take the taste of Indian food home, without having to utilize fresh spices. As a result "curry powder"...

formulae are based on the Chinese philosophy of balancing the yin and yang in food. A pinch of the powder goes a long way. Although this spice is used in restaurant...

sweetener in China for nearly a millennium due to its flavor and lack of food energy, only 2.3 kcal/g (9.6 kJ/g). It has also been used in traditional...

ports. It is a purgative, similar to aloe and rhubarb in having as active ingredients anthraquinone derivatives and their glucosides. Its action is on the lower...

during times of food shortages and war and noting loss of muscle strength, probably due to the fact that Ipomoea aquatica contains less food energy than rice...

berries last well into the winter or dry season and are an important survival food for birds and other animals, though they will not eat them until other sources...

a significant ingredient in most commercial curry powders. Turmeric (coded as E100 when used as a food additive) is used to protect food products from...

the ingredients for puffed rice can be just rice and perhaps salt for taste. Other products like Rice Krispies or Sugar Pops mix many ingredients into...