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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The effect of a given agent, such as a vaccine, upon a living organism or on living tissue.
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- noun biology The effect of a substance (especially that of a
vaccine ) upon aliving organism .
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Examples
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"Including an agent like ethyl nitrite restored the NO bioactivity, which is then conveyed by the red blood cells to increase blood flow," Reynolds said.
R&D Mag - News 2009
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As with the vitamin A studies, the question remained as to how Vitamin B2 stimulates growth and other bioactivity.
Richard Kuhn and the Chemical Institute: Double Bonds and Biological Mechanisms 2010
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Not tilling the soil allows it delicious bioactivity.
Julie Brothers: Farm to Fork Across America: What's the Dirt Julie Brothers 2011
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Not tilling the soil allows it delicious bioactivity.
Julie Brothers: Farm to Fork Across America: What's the Dirt Julie Brothers 2011
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Physical activity increases insulin sensitivity and may affect insulin growth factor-1 IGF-1 bioactivity, which influences cell proliferation, migration and angiogenesis — the formation of new blood vessels — and can lead to cancer progression.
Exercise may improve odds against prostate cancer death 2011
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Not tilling the soil allows it delicious bioactivity.
Julie Brothers: Farm to Fork Across America: What's the Dirt Julie Brothers 2011
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Not tilling the soil allows it delicious bioactivity.
Julie Brothers: Farm to Fork Across America: What's the Dirt Julie Brothers 2011
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Physical activity increases insulin sensitivity and may affect insulin growth factor-1 IGF-1 bioactivity, which influences cell proliferation, migration and angiogenesis — the formation of new blood vessels — and can lead to cancer progression.
Exercise may improve odds against prostate cancer death 2011
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Heating or pasteurization destroys the delicate disulphide bonds that give these proteins their bioactivity.
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The variety with the highest bioactivity for topical use on the skin surface is alpha-tocopherol.
How to Get Rid of Stretch Marks -Stretch Marks Treatment 2008
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