| reducing diet | A diet in which caloric expenditure is greater than caloric intake. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| reducing | From Reduce. <chemistry> Reducing furnace, a furnace for reducing ores. Reducing pipe fitting, a pipe fitting, as a coupling, an elbow, a tee, etc, for connecting a large pipe with a smaller one. Reducing valve, a device for automatically maintaining a diminished pressure of steam, air, gas, etc, in a pipe, or other receiver, which is fed from a boiler or pipe in which the pressure is higher than is desired in the receiver. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| reducing agent | A molecule that donates an electron in an oxidation-reduction reaction. (09 Oct 1997) |
| reducing agents | Materials that add an electron to an element or compound, that is, decrease the positiveness of its valence. (12 Dec 1998) |
| reducing enzyme | <enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses a reduction; since all enzymes catalyze reactions in either direction, any reductase can, under the proper conditions, behave as an oxidase and vice versa, hence the term oxidoreductase. For individual reductase's, see the specific names. Synonym: reducing enzyme. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reducing sugar | A sugar, such as glucose in the urine, that has the property of reducing various inorganic ions, notably cupric ion to cuprous ion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reducing valve | A valve designed to lower the pressure of a gas coming from a cylinder containing compressed gas under high pressure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coenzyme F(420) reducing hydrogenase | <enzyme> From methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum Registry number: EC 1.12.- Synonym: f420-reducing hydrogenase, 8-hydroxy-5-deazaflavin-reducing hydrogenase, cof(420) reducing hydrogenase, coenzyme f420 hydrogenase (26 Jun 1999) |
| NADP-reducing hydrogenase | <enzyme> Operon from desulfovibrio contains 4 genes: hnda, hndb, hndc and hndd; does not reduce nad; genbank u07229 Registry number: EC 1.12.1.- Synonym: hnd gene product, hndabcd gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| NAD(P)-reducing nickel hydrogenase | <enzyme> From cyanobacterium, synechocystis; genbank x97610 Registry number: EC 1.12.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| sulfur-reducing bacteria | A group of gram-negative, anaerobic bacteria that is able to oxidise acetate completely to carbon dioxide using elemental sulfur as the electron acceptor. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sulphate-reducing bacterium | <microbiology> A prokaryote which is able to reduce sulphate SO4 (as a terminal electron acceptor) using electrons donated from organic acids, fatty acids, alcohols or hydrogen (electron donors). (19 Jan 1998) |
| acid-ash diet | A diet consisting mainly of fruits, vegetables, and milk (with minimal amounts of meat, fish, eggs, cheese, and cereals), which, when catabolised, leave an alkaline residue to be excreted in the urine. Synonym: acid-ash diet, basic diet. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alkaline-ash diet | A diet consisting mainly of fruits, vegetables, and milk (with minimal amounts of meat, fish, eggs, cheese, and cereals), which, when catabolised, leave an alkaline residue to be excreted in the urine. Synonym: acid-ash diet, basic diet. (05 Mar 2000) |
| balanced diet | A diet containing the essential nutrients with a reasonable ration of all the major food groups. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basal diet | A diet having a caloric value equal to the basal heat production and sufficient quanties of essential nutrients to meet basic needs, in experiments in nutrition, a diet from which a given constituent (e.g., a vitamin, mineral, or amino acid), the nutritional value of which is to be determined, is omitted for a period and the effects observed; the subject is observed for a second period during which the ingredient being studied is added to the diet. (05 Mar 2000) |