Category: Terms

[an-tee-in-flam-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, an-tahy-] adjective: acting to reduce certain signs of inflammation, as swelling, tenderness, fever, and pain. noun, plural anti-inflammatories: Pharmacology. a medication, as aspirin, used to reduce inflammation. Source: dictionary.reference.com/browse/anti-inflammatory

Antacids are taken to relieve heartburn or indigestion caused by excess stomach acid. CaCO3 also known as calcium carbonate is the most common active ingredient in many antacids. Source: www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/tc/nonprescription-medications-and-products-antacids-and-acid-reducers

neu·ro·tox·in/ (noor´o-tok″sin) noun: a substance that is poisonous or destructive to nerve tissue. Source: medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/neurotoxin

a yellowish to white, crystalline, water-soluble, levorotatory ketose sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6, sweeter than sucrose, occurring in invert sugar, honey, and a great many fruits: used in foodstuffs and in medicine chiefly in solution as an intravenous nutrient. Contents Uses Benefits Cautions Interactions Other names References Uses The primary reason that fructose […]

[pen-tohs] noun, Chemistry: a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C 5 H 1 0 O 5, or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis. Source: dictionary.reference.com/browse/pentose

glycoside /gly·co·side/ (gli´ko-sīd) noun: any compound containing a carbohydrate molecule (sugar), particularly any such natural product in plants, convertible, by hydrolytic cleavage, into a sugar and a nonsugar component (aglycone), and named specifically for the sugar contained, as glucoside (glucose), pentoside (pentose), fructoside (fructose), etc. Source: medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Glycosides

microflora [mi´kro-flor″ah] noun: bacteria present in the large intestine. Source: medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/microflora

ex·pec·to·rant (ĭk-spĕk′tər-ənt) adjective: Promoting or facilitating the secretion or expulsion of phlegm, mucus, or other matter from the respiratory tract. noun: An expectorant medicine. Source: www.thefreedictionary.com/expectorant

Prebiotics is a general term to refer to chemicals that induce the growth and/or activity of commensal microorganisms (e.g., bacteria and fungi) that contribute to the well-being of their host. Prebiotics act as food for “good” bacteria in the intestine. References Source: WebMD, “Fructo-oligosaccharides”, www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prebiotic_%28nutrition%29

See Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor