| Compound | Description |
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| hydronium ion | |
| Water | A clear, odorless, tasteless liquid that is essential for most animal and plant life and is an excellent solvent for many substances. The chemical formula is hydrogen oxide (H2O). (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) |
| Oxygen | An element with atomic symbol O, atomic number 8, and atomic weight [15.99903; 15.99977]. It is the most abundant element on earth and essential for respiration. |
| liquiritigenin | structure given in first source; isolated from Pterocarpus marsupium |
| 2,7,4'-trihydroxyisoflavanone | structure in first source |
| Health Maintenance Organizations | Organized systems for providing comprehensive prepaid health care that have five basic attributes: (1) provide care in a defined geographic area; (2) provide or ensure delivery of an agreed-upon set of basic and supplemental health maintenance and treatment services; (3) provide care to a voluntarily enrolled group of persons; (4) require their enrollees to use the services of designated providers; and (5) receive reimbursement through a predetermined, fixed, periodic prepayment made by the enrollee without regard to the degree of services provided. (From Facts on File Dictionary of Health Care Management, 1988) |
| daidzein | structure |
| 3-deoxysappanchalcone | Anti-allergic from the roots and heartwood of Caesalpinia sappan; structure in first source |
| 4-Chloromercuribenzenesulfonate | A cytotoxic sulfhydryl reagent that inhibits several subcellular metabolic systems and is used as a tool in cellular physiology. |
| 2,3-butylene glycol, R-(R*,R*)-isomer | |
| s-adenosylmethionine | Physiologic methyl radical donor involved in enzymatic transmethylation reactions and present in all living organisms. It possesses anti-inflammatory activity and has been used in treatment of chronic liver disease. (From Merck, 11th ed) |
| isoliquiritigenin | RN given refers to (E)-isomer; a precursor to many flavonones in many plants |