Bennies

Sesame Seed (Benne, Benni, Bene Seed). Sesame seed is the whole dried seed of Sesamum indicum L. (PedaUaceae), an annual plant now cultivated in Mexico and Central America, although indigenous to Indonesia and tropical Africa. It may be the oldest condiment known. The seed is small, shiny, and oval shaped, about 0.32 cm long. The unhuUed seeds are dark and the hulled seeds are pearly white. Sesame seeds, when baked, have a pleasant, roasted, nutty flavor. They are used in baked goods and in confections, eg, halvah. 

Rocchi, G. (1985), Instituzione di Restauro dei Benni Architettonici, Hoepli, Milano. 

Servos MR, Bennie DT, Bumison BK, Jurkovic A, Mclnnis R, Neheli T, Schnell A, Seto P, Smyth SA, Temes TA (2005) Distribution of estrogens, 17 beta-estradiol and estrone, in Canadian municipal wastewater treatment plants. Sci Total Environ 336 155-170... 

Metcalfe CD, Koening BD, Bennie DT, Servos M, Temes TA, Hirsch R (2003) Occurrence of neutral and acidic drugs in the effluents of Canadian sewage treatment plants. Environ Toxicol Chem 22 2872-2880... 

Qiaoyun Huang, Wenli Chen and Benny K. G. Theng... 

Opiates (Heroin, Demerol, morphine, opium, etc.), non-hal-lucinogenic amphetamines (Methedrine, Preludin, "bennies," etc.) and barbituates ("reds," "yellows," etc.) are all addictive, lend... 

M.R. Servos, R.J. Maguire, D.T. Bennie, H.B. Lee, P.M. Cureton, N. Davidson, R. Sutcliffe and D.F.K. Rawn, Supporting document for nonylphenol and its ethoxylates, National Water Research Institute 00-029, Environment Canada, Burlington, 2000, pp. 1-217. 

The author wishes to express his gratitude to Alice Bizzozero for the many drawings and to his coworkers Paul Benny, Pascal Hfliger, Susanne Kunze, Philipp Kurz, Stefan Mundwiler, Chiara da Pieve, JaeKyong Pak, Bernhard Spingler and Wenwu Wang for carefully checking the manuscript. 

Bennie D.T. (1999). Review of the environmental occurrence of alkylphenols and alkylphenol ethoxylates. Water Quality Research Journal of Canada 34 79-122. 

Bennie, L. et al.. Oligomeric flavanoids. Part 32. Structure and synthesis of ether-linked proter-acacinidin and promelacacinidin proanthocyanidins from Acacia caffra. Phytochemistry, 53, 785, 2000. 

Bennie, L. et al.. Structure and stereochemistry of trifiavanoids containing both ether and carbon-carbon interflavanyl bonds. Phytochemistry, 57, 1023, 2001. 

Riddle WJR, Scott AIF, Bennie J, et al Current intensity and oxytocin release after electroconvulsive therapy. Biol Psychiatry 33 839-841, 1993 Riedel WJ, Klaassem T, Deutz NE, et al Tryptophan depletion in normal volunteers produces selective impairment in memory consolidation. Psychopharmacology 141 362-369, 1999... 

Benny Shanon, Professor of Psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has conducted numerous psychological studies of ayahuasca, the plant-based psychotropic brew from the Amazon. The research reported in his book The Antipodes of the Mind comes from his own experiences and numerous interviews with people from all walks of life. 

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