Estrogen Curbs Appetite In Same Way As The Hormone Leptin. FULL STORY. Estrogen regulates the brain's energy metabolism in the same way as the hormone leptin, leading the way to a viable approach to tackling obesity in people resistant to leptin, researchers at Yale School of Medicine report in the December 31 online issue of Nature Medicine.
1. smokeless powder-an explosive (trade name Ballistite) that burns with relatively little smoke; contains pyrocellulose and is used as a propellant. Ballistite. explosive-a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck.
Smokeless tobacco is tobacco or a tobacco product that is used by means other than smoking. These uses include chewing, sniffing, placing the product between the teeth and gum, or application to the skin. Types of smokeless tobacco include: 1  Dipping tobacco, a type of tobacco that is placed between the lower or upper lip and gums. 2  Chewing tobacco, a type of tobacco that is chewed. 3  Iqmik, an Alaskan tobacco product which also contains punk ash. 4  Snuff, a type of tobacco that is inhaled or snuffed into the nasal cavity.