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Asomate
Asomate (福美胂), also known as azomat or TDDA, is a highly toxic organo-arsenic fungicide once widely used on crops, now banned in the EU and China.
Asopos
Asopos (Ἀσωπός) was an ancient coastal city of Laconia in the southeastern Peloponnese, at modern Plytra, whose Roman ruins lie submerged after a 4th-century earthquake.
ASOS (retailer)
ASOS, full name As Seen On Screen, is a British online fashion retailer founded in London in 2000, selling own brands like ASOS Design and Topshop plus partner brands to 17 million customers in over 150 markets, distinct from the ASOS supermarket object dataset.
Asp f 35
Asp f 35 is a WHO/IUIS-designated allergen of Aspergillus fumigatus, a 21 kDa copper-zinc superoxide dismutase identified by immunocapture mass spectrometry; IgE sensitization was found in 14 of 52 asthmatics and, with Asp f 3, 36, and 37, predicts bronchiectasis.
Asp f 6
Asp f 6, the test component m222, is an allergen protein of the mold Aspergillus fumigatus, a manganese superoxide dismutase whose IgE response marks ABPA.
ASP Isotopes
ASP Isotopes Inc. (NASDAQ: ASPI) is an American advanced materials company, incorporated in 2021, that enriches isotopes such as Carbon-14, Silicon-28, and Ytterbium-176 at facilities in Pretoria, South Africa.
Asp n 14
Asp n 14 (beta-xylosidase, xlnD) is a 105 kDa glycoprotein allergen of Aspergillus niger used in baking additives; an occupational airway allergen sensitizing bakers, designated by IUIS.
ASP.NET
ASP.NET, also called ASP.NET Framework, is Microsoft's open-source web application framework for building web apps and services on .NET; its modern ASP.NET Core form, released in 2016, runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS.
ASP.NET Core
ASP.NET Core, formerly called ASP.NET vNext, is Microsoft's open-source, high-performance web framework that runs cross-platform on Windows, Mac, and Linux via .NET, building web apps, APIs, and IoT backends.
ASP.NET MVC
ASP.NET MVC, also called the ASP.NET MVC Framework, is a Microsoft web application framework that implements the Model-View-Controller pattern, first released in March 2009 and open sourced that April.
ASP1128
ASP1128 (MA-0217) is Astellas/Mitobridge's intravenous selective PPARδ modulator for acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery; its phase 2 trial 1128-CL-0201 missed its primary endpoint and development was discontinued in 2022.
Aspalluga
Aspalluga (Aspalluca), a Roman road station in Aquitania on the Antonine Itinerary route from Caesaraugusta to Beneharnum, 7 miles past Foro Ligneo; traditionally identified with Accous in the Aspe valley, a placement disputed by Bost.
Aspar
Aspar (Jorge Martínez Salvadores), Spanish former motorcycle racer from Alzira, four-time world champion (80 cc 1986-1988, 125 cc 1988, all with Derbi), founder of the Aspar Team and the Aspar Circuit in Guadassuar, Valencia.
Aspar (Numidian)
Aspar was a Numidian envoy sent by King Jugurtha to Bocchus I of Mauretania, acting publicly as ambassador while secretly spying during the Jugurthine War.
Asparagaceae
Asparagaceae (asparagus family) is a cosmopolitan Asparagales family of about 150 genera and 2,595 species, absorbing Agavaceae, Hyacinthaceae, Dracaenaceae, and Eriospermaceae under APG; includes Asparagus, Agave, Yucca, Dracaena.
Asparagales
Asparagales (Link, 1829), largest monocot order: ~1,030 genera, ~39,000 species, 14 APG IV families including Orchidaceae, Asparagaceae, Amaryllidaceae, Iridaceae; phytomelan seeds, crown age ~110 Ma.
Asparaginase
Asparaginase (L-asparaginase, EC 3.5.1.1) hydrolyzes L-asparagine to aspartic acid and ammonia. Used as an E. coli- and Erwinia-derived chemotherapy drug for acute lymphoblastic leukemia and as a food enzyme reducing acrylamide in baked and fried foods.
Asparagine
Asparagine (Aminosuccinamic acid) is a polar, uncharged amino acid encoded by the codons AAU and AAC; first isolated from asparagus juice in 1806, it is nonessential in humans.
Asparagine Synthetase
Asparagine synthetase (ASNS), also called glutamine-dependent asparagine synthetase, is the ATP-dependent enzyme making asparagine from aspartate and glutamine; low expression sensitizes leukemia to asparaginase, high expression causes resistance, and loss causes ASD.
Asparagopsis taxiformis
Asparagopsis taxiformis, also called limu kohu, is a red seaweed rich in bromoform, used as a cattle feed additive that cuts methane emissions by over half.
Asparagus
Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L., garden asparagus) is a dioecious perennial Asparagaceae herb native from Europe to Mongolia, grown for edible spring spears; green and white types are one species, white produced by excluding light, harvest starting in year three.
Asparagus (genus)
Asparagus is a genus of about 211 accepted perennial species in Asparagaceae, native from Europe and Africa to northern Australia, with leaf-like cladodes, a South African diversity center, and the crop species Asparagus officinalis.
Asparagus aethiopicus
Asparagus aethiopicus, Sprenger's asparagus or asparagus fern, is a South African Asparagaceae perennial, long misnamed A. densiflorus or A. sprengeri, widely cultivated as an ornamental and invasive in Florida and Australia.
Asparagus racemosus
Asparagus racemosus (Shatavari, Satavari) is a climbing Asparagaceae plant native from tropical Africa to N. Australia whose tuberous roots, rich in steroidal saponins such as shatavarin-IV, are used in Ayurveda as a galactagogue and tonic.
Asparagus setaceus
Asparagus setaceus (asparagus fern, lace fern, plumosa fern, formerly Asparagus plumosus) is a spiny climbing Asparagaceae plant from Ethiopia to South Africa, not a true fern; grown as a houseplant and florist foliage, with toxic berries and invasive status in several regions.
Aspartame
Aspartame (E 951), also called NutraSweet or Equal, is an artificial dipeptide sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, first FDA-approved in 1974; IARC classed it Group 2B in 2023 while JECFA and EFSA reaffirmed its 40 mg/kg ADI.
Aspartame controversy
Aspartame controversy: the decades-long safety dispute over the artificial sweetener (E 951, NutraSweet), covering its suspended 1974 US approval, Ramazzini cancer studies, the 2023 IARC Group 2B classification versus JECFA's reaffirmed 40 mg/kg ADI, and ongoing calls for an EU ban.
Aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index
The aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index (APRI) is a noninvasive formula combining AST and platelet count to estimate liver fibrosis, reported in 2003.
Aspartate ammonia-lyase
Aspartate ammonia-lyase (aspartase, EC 4.3.1.1) is a tetrameric bacterial enzyme reversibly converting L-aspartate to fumarate and ammonia; used industrially since the 1970s to make L-aspartic acid.
Aspartate carbamoyltransferase
Aspartate carbamoyltransferase (ATCase, EC 2.1.3.2), also called aspartate transcarbamoylase, catalyzes the first committed step of pyrimidine biosynthesis; E. coli's dodecameric class B enzyme is the model allosteric enzyme, inhibited by CTP and UTP and activated by ATP.