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Extract

To decompress. WinZip and other decompression utilities use the term to mean "pulling out" the original files from the compressed archive. See WinZip and data compression.


extract
1. a preparation containing the active principle or concentrated essence of a material
2. Pharmacol a solution of plant or animal tissue containing the active principle


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For 6 weeks, nutrition scientists gave 32 men fruit extracts every morning and vegetable extracts every evening.
Raspberry fruit extracts have shown the ability to significantly inhibit human liver, breast, and cervical cancer cells.
Among these are fruit extracts that reportedly possess antimicrobial properties.
 
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