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any of various small animals or insects that are pests; e.g. cockroaches or rats; "cereals must be protected from mice and other vermin"; "he examined the childs head for vermin"; "boys in the village have probably been shooting vermin"
an irritating or obnoxious person (同)varmint
any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.; "he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests"; "many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides"
a persistently annoying person (同)blighter, cuss, pesterer, gadfly
injurious to physical or mental health; "noxious chemical wastes"; "noxious ideas"
small air-breathing arthropod

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Adaptive cellular stress pathways as therapeutic targets of dietary phytochemicals: focus on the nervous system.

Lee J1, Jo DG2, Park D2, Chung HY2, Mattson MP1.
Pharmacological reviews.Pharmacol Rev.2014 Jul;66(3):815-68. doi: 10.1124/pr.113.007757.
During the past 5 decades, it has been widely promulgated that the chemicals in plants that are good for health act as direct scavengers of free radicals. Here we review evidence that favors a different hypothesis for the health benefits of plant consumption, namely, that some phytochemicals exert d
PMID 24958636

Effects of increased summer flooding on nitrogen dynamics in impounded mangroves.

Verhoeven JT1, Laanbroek HJ2, Rains MC3, Whigham DF4.
Journal of environmental management.J Environ Manage.2014 Jun 15;139:217-26. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.02.035. Epub 2014 Apr 19.
Mangroves are important for coastal protection, carbon sequestration and habitat provision for plants and animals in the tropics and subtropics. Mangroves are threatened by habitat destruction and sea level rise, but management activities such as impounding for mosquito control can also have negativ
PMID 24751377

Kheyri H1, Cribb BW2, Merritt DJ3.
Arthropod structure & development.Arthropod Struct Dev.2014 May;43(3):211-9. doi: 10.1016/j.asd.2014.04.004. Epub 2014 Apr 18.
The Heteroptera show a diversity of glands associated with the epidermis. They have multiple roles including the production of noxious scents. Here, we examine the cellular arrangement and cytoskeletal components of the scent glands of pentatomoid Heteroptera in three families, Pentatomidae (stink b
PMID 24747726

田中尚道,越智直正,島田淳志,高田孝充
近畿大学資源再生研究所報告 (10), 29-32, 2012-3
… Furthermore, since the weed control in a cultivation period, the damage of the night thief insect, etc. … were seen, it was suggested that the measure against a noxious insect must also be taken. …
NAID 120004058471