9 sentences with 'digestive'
Example sentences and phrases with the word digestive and other words derived from it.
• « By means of enzymes in the digestive system, the body breaks down the proteins and releases the amino acids that make them up. These are transported to the various organs via the bloodstream. »
• « Sleeping pills are drugs that cause sleep and as an adverse side effect create conditions in the digestive tract of humans that can destroy B vitamins. »
• « It also appears that quercetin remains in a neutral state until bacteria in the digestive system or yeast in vats intervene to ferment wine. It then becomes what is perhaps one of nature's most powerful anticarcinogens. »
• « Propolis is a substance that hardens at room temperature, but remains semi-liquid in the bees' digestive tract. Once expelled onto a hive invader, propolis begins to harden rapidly. The bug is trapped, "mummified". »
• « As with royal jelly, there are other substances in the chemical composition of propolis that have not yet been determined and their origin is unknown (a digestive metabolisation of the gummy resins of the trees? The addition of specific hormones secreted by the bees and combined with the resins?) »
• « With resins from bark, tree buds and digestive enzymes, the bees make propolis (from the Greek Pro: forward, Polis: city) which is placed at the entrance of the hive to prevent the passage of viruses and bacteria. »
• « The digestive apparatus of carnivorous plants is an impressive machine made up of relentless traps which, after seducing their prey, catch and swallow them. »
• « Internal glands synthesise and secrete digestive enzymes capable of dissolving and assimilating the prey. »
• « In macrobiotics - which, as we know, originated in the East - the shape, colour and smell of the stools are taken into account because they reveal the state of health of the patient after the passage of food through the digestive tract and the advisability of eliminating certain foods. »