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nitrate

any salt or ester of nitric acid, such as sodium nitrate, NaNO3
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nitrate

[′nī‚trāt]
(chemistry)
A salt or ester of nitric acid.
Any compound containing the ion NO3-.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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In ruminants, microorganisms from stomach compartments transform dietary nitrate into nitrite and subsequently convert nitrite into ammonia for the synthesis of microbial protein (KOZLOSKI, 2009).
Also be sure to pay close attention to the nitrate's position on the label.If it's one of the first few ingredients, that food has more nitrate than you want to eat.
Total nitrite and nitrate (NOx) levels were measured by using the Griess reaction according to the method by Tracey et al (9).
Magnesium nitrate hexahydrate seeks extensive employment as soil additives, food & feed additives and specialty chemical additives, in light of its effective functionalities including solubilizing and oxidizing.
This report researches the worldwide Rubidium Nitrate market size (value, capacity, production and consumption) in key regions like North America, Europe, China and Japan.
It can occur as a result of eating crops such as brassicas, green cereals or sweet clover that contain high levels of nitrate. However, the most common source is inorganic nitrate fertiliser, either directly (straight from an open bag), via grazing an over-fertilised field, or via water run-off from heavily fertilised fields.
Nitrate is a normal constituent of plants and is primary source of nitrogen in the soil.
'If our findings are confirmed, incorporating a range of foods rich in dietary nitrates like green leafy vegetables and beetroot could be a simple strategy to reduce the risk of early muscular degeneration, ' Gopinath said.
The research showed that people who ate between 100 to 142 mgs of vegetable nitrates each day had a 35% lower risk of developing early AMD than people who ate less than 69mgs of vegetable nitrates each day.
Replacing urea with nitrate salts have recently received wide consideration because of its potential benefits in mitigating enteric methane production (Sophal et al.
The increased nitrogen applications not only led to an increase in crop yields and overall agricultural production but also raised concerns for environmental contamination resulting from nitrate that is not used by the crops (Havlin et al., 1999).
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