General agriculture

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Anthelmintics

Agriculture; General agriculture

Agents destructive to parasitic worms. They are used therapeutically in the treatment of infestation with parasitic worms of the helminth class, in humans and animal.

Sharecropping

Agriculture; General agriculture

A tenant farmer who farms land for the share of the crop, in contrast with paying a fixed amount of money for the rental of the farmland from the landlord.

Chromosome pairing

Agriculture; General agriculture

The alignment of chromosomes at homologous sequences during cell division.

Health claims

Agriculture; General agriculture

Any claim made on the label or in labelling of a food that expressly or by implication characterises the relationship of any substance (e.g., a specific food or component of food) to a disease or ...

Any drug used for its actions on cholinergic systems. Included here are agonists and antagonists, drugs that affect the life cycle of acetylcholine, and drugs that affect the survival of cholinergic ...

Agarose

Agriculture; General agriculture

A polysaccharide present in agar and responsible for its gelling. It consists of residues of 3,6-anhydo-L-galactose and D-galactose. It is used as a medium for gel chromatography.