Chemical Cuisine. CSPI ranks the safety of food additivesâfrom acetic acid to yellow prussiate of sodaâin this definitive glossary of the chemicals used to flavor and preserve our foods. ShareThis. Deciding what foods to buy was simpler when most food came from farms.
Phagocytes of humans and other animals are called professional or non-professional, depending on how good they are at phagocytosis. The professional phagocytes are neutrophils, monocytes, macrophages, dendritic cells, and mast cells.
Neutrophils, Phagocytosis, and Chemotaxis. In any case, there are three sub-species, so to speak, of granulocytes, or spotted white horses, in your body. The first is called a neutrophil. These are granulocytes involved in fighting off pathogens, such as bacteria and fungi, and are the most abundant leukocyte in mammals. These are the cells that are responsible for that icky yellowish pus you may see seeping out of infected wounds.