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Synonyms for scavenge

clean refuse from

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collect discarded or refused material

feed on carrion or refuse

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remove unwanted substances from

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Modi in his book Karmyoga (2007) states, "Scavenging must have been a spiritual experience for the Valmiki caste.
The NO radical scavenging activity was done using the method of Alderson et al.
We considered scavenging observations of hares 10 min apart as separate visits.
Alkyl radical scavenging activity: Alkyl radical scavenging activity was measured by the method used by Hiramoto et al [19].
5B, the scavenging activities of the three polysaccharides on the hydroxyl radicals displayed a concentration dependent manner, and the EC50 values of these fractions were 2.4 mg/mL (CJHP-N), 0.7 mg/mL (CJHP-1) and 0.4 mg/mL (CJHP-2), respectively.
scavenging activity (%) = [1 - ([A.sub.1] - [A.sub.2])/([A.sub.3] - [A.sub.4])] x 100%, (2)
Sung, "Antioxidants and free radical scavenging activity of Phellinus baumii (Phellinus of Hymenochaetaceae) extracts," Food Chemistry, vol.
In this paper, feather keratin (FK) and glycine (Gly) firstly were combined to generate FK-Gly in an aqueous solution, then the transition metal ions ([Zn.sup.II], [Cu.sup.II], [Mn.sup.II], and [N.sup.II]) were combined with FK-Gly to generate keratin-based biopolymer metal complexes (FK-GlyM, M = Zn, Cu, Mn, Ni) and further studied its property of scavenging [O.sub.2.sup.*-] and seriously explored its mechanism.
Despite laws to end the practice of manual scavenging, it is prevalent in many Indian states.
Keywords: Erythraea ramosissima, scavenging activity DPPH, ABTS, phenolics, flavonoid compounds, cytotoxicity.
22 (ANI): Despite various laws banning manual scavenging, a heart-breaking incident has come to light in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur.
Quantitative assay for determining the radical scavenging activity of DPPH as well as IC50 value of seven species of family Moraceae was observed.
(12) The antioxidant effect of these essential oils is attributed to their major components, carvacrol and thymol, and it is the result of various possible mechanisms: free-radical scavenging activity, transition-metal-chelating activity, and/or singlet-oxygen quenching capacity.
These include assays for total antioxidant capacity (TAC), [NO.sup.*], [H.sub.2][O.sub.2], [O.sub.2.sup.*-] and OH radical scavenging capacity; oxygen radical scavenging activity (ORAC); [Fe.sup.3+] and [Cu.sup.2+] reducing activity (FRAP and CUPRAC assay, resp.); metal chelating activity; [ABTS.sup.*+], [DMPD.sup.*+], and DPPH free radical scavenging activity; and lipid peroxidation inhibition capacity [19-21].