MICRONUTRIENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does micronutrient mean? 

• MICRONUTRIENT (noun)
  The noun MICRONUTRIENT has 1 sense:

1. a substance needed only in small amounts for normal body function (e.g., vitamins or minerals)

  Familiarity information: MICRONUTRIENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MICRONUTRIENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A substance needed only in small amounts for normal body function (e.g., vitamins or minerals)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("micronutrient" is a kind of...):

food; nutrient (any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue)

 Context examples 

While wheat and rice received research, extension and market support, on the supply side there was a marked shift away from coarse grains, which it says had negative consequences for dietary micronutrients.

(Course grains better than rice for health, environment, SciDev.Net)

High consumption of vegetables and related micronutrients; exerts a moderate protective effect on the risk of developing breast cancer.

(High Vegetable Diet, NCI Thesaurus)

But it has low levels of micronutrients particularly pro-vitamin A and iron. The consequences of vitamin A deficiency are severe.

(Golden Bananas High in Pro-Vitamin A Developed, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

In immunocompromised subjects, micronutrient supplementation may also increase CD4 T-lymphocyte counts.

(Micronutrient-Fortified Probiotic Yogurt, NCI Thesaurus)

A naturally occurring micronutrient, synthesized in small amounts by plants and animals (including humans), with antioxidant and potential chemopreventive activities.

(Alpha-lipoic acid, NCI Thesaurus)

Manganese and selenium as micronutrients can counter the hypertensive effect of lead in blood, say the results of a new study conducted in Bangladesh.

(Micronutrients can counter lead effects in blood pressure, SciDev.Net)

She says that the standard treatment given to malnourished children in different countries is a high-energy food paste which has only modest amounts of vital micronutrients such as vitamin D3.

(Vitamin D3 boost helps treat child malnutrition, SciDev.Net)

The fermentation process is reported to hydrolyze many soybean proteins into amino acids and nitrogen-rich compounds and to protect and enhance the activities of isoflavones such as genistein, protease inhibitors, saponins, phytosterols, inositol hexaphosphate, and other beneficial dietary nutrients and micronutrients found in soybeans.

(Fermented Soybean Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

Basic studies on the etiologic effects of dietary macronutrients such as fat, vitamins and proteins; food mutagens and carcinogens formed during cooking; carcinogenic compounds and other substances closely associated with food preparation such as free radicals, fibers, and pyrolysis products; and digestive tract mutagens which form as a result of compound biodegradation, biotransformation, etc. The etiology of cancer resulting from deficiencies in the availability of various micronutrients, vitamins, metals, etc., is also of interest.

(Nutritional Carcinogenesis, NCI Thesaurus)

Derek Headey, the study’s lead author and a senior research scientist at the International Food Policy Research Institute, United States, said: There are about two billion people with micronutrient deficiencies such as anaemia, and several hundred million very young and vulnerable children suffering from stunted growth globally.

(High cost of healthy food to blame for malnutrition, SciDev.Net)