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Nutrients: Components found in foods such as proteins, carbohydrates, minerals, vitamins and water, and help to nourish the body, promoting energyand growth.

Essential Nutrients: Nutrients which must be supplied in the diet as they cannot be made in the body in the quantities required for normal health.

Organic Nutrients: Nutrients in the form of molecules synthesized by or originating from other organisms

Micronutrients: Elements that are required by plants in very small quantities, but are toxic in large quantities: iron, manganese, molybdenum, copper, boron, zinc, and chloride.

Antinutrients: Chemicals produced by plants as a defense mechanism; inhibit the action of digestive enzymes in insects that attack and attempt to eat the plants.

Macronutrients: 1. Elements needed by plants in relatively large (primary) or smaller (secondary) quantities. 2. Foods needed by animals daily or on a fairly regular basis.

Secondary Macronutrients: Elements that plants require in relatively small quantities: calcium, magnesium, and sulfur.

Primary Macronutrients: Elements that plants require in relatively large quantities: nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.

Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA): Recommended dietary allowance. The amount of a nutrient necessary to prevent deficiency symptoms (USA old definition). The dietary intake level that is sufficient to meet the nutrients requi . . . View Full Definition

Red root (Ceanothus americanus): Treats tonsil inflammations and sore throats, increases transport of nutrients from the blood across the capillary cells to the lymph.