excreted
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Even Walmart’s website sells a roughly two-pound bag of Kopi Luwak coffee, which is made of beans excreted by a civet, for $449.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025
Similarly, betalains, the pigments responsible for rich reds and yellows, offer detoxifying and anti-inflammatory benefits but are excreted by the body without a visible effect on skin tone.
From Salon • Jan. 20, 2025
They excreted a small fraction of the microplastics consumed, about four to six particles per milligram of waste, absorbing the rest.
From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2024
They also showed that about 30% of the seeds excreted by woodlice and earwigs remained viable.
From Science Magazine • May 8, 2024
In order for the toxic compound to be excreted in the urine, it first has to bind with available molecules of glucose or amino acid.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
