Phytochemicals in Chronic Disease Prevention with Dr. Jed Fahey
Dr. Kara Fitzgerald | New Frontiers in Functional Medicine, Longevity, Epigenetics
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Pito Chemicals - The Essence of Life?
Pido chemicals are low molecular weight compounds, small molecules. They make the plant what you see they so, pito chemicals are present in very, usually, very, very low concentrations. In plants, far less than one % by by weight, o less than point one% many of them. Their signalling molecules for the plants, very importantly, their defense molecules for the plant. And when i say defence, it could be an antibiotic effect, anti fungle. It could be an insect repellent effect. So we start to look at these in more meaningful ways using these amazing tools that we have.
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