Plant Life

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Author

Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred, 1872-1933

Title

The Chemistry of Plant Life

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Language

English

LoC Class

QK: Science: Botany

Subject

Botanical chemistry

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eBook-No.

33394

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33394

Release Date

August 9, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS — THE CHEMISTRY OF PLANT LIFE — THE CHEMISTRY OF PLANT LIFE — BY
3. 3.ROSCOE W. THATCHER, M.A., D. Agr . Dean of the Department of Agriculture and Director of the Agricultural Experiment Stations. University of Minnesota (formerly Professor of Plant Chemistry. University of Minnesota) — McGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY, Inc. NEW YORK: 370 SEVENTH AVENUE LONDON: 6 & 8 BOUVERIE ST., E. C. 4 1921
4. 4.Preface
5. 5.CONTENTS
6. 6.INTRODUCTION — CHEMISTRY OF PLANT LIFE
7. 7.CHAPTER I — PLANT NUTRIENTS — PLANT FOOD ELEMENTS — AVAILABLE AND UNAVAILABLE FORMS — THE VALUE OF THE SOIL ELEMENTS AS PLANT FOOD — RÔLE OF PLANT FOOD ELEMENTS IN PLANT GROWTH — INORGANIC PLANT TOXINS AND STIMULANTS — References
8. 8.CHAPTER II — THE ORGANIC COMPONENTS OF PLANTS — TYPES OF CHEMICAL CHANGES INVOLVED IN PLANT GROWTH — GROUPS OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FOUND IN PLANTS — PHYSIOLOGICAL USES AND BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE — PHYSIOLOGICAL USES OF THE ORGANIC COMPONENT GROUPS
9. 9.CHAPTER III — PHOTOSYNTHESIS — PHYSIOLOGICAL STEPS IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS — FORMALDEHYDE, THE SIMPLEST CARBOHYDRATE STRUCTURE — THE CONDENSATION OF FORMALDEHYDE INTO SUGARS — THEORIES CONCERNING PHOTOSYNTHESIS — THE PRODUCTION OF SUGARS AND STARCHES — References
10. 10.CHAPTER IV — CARBOHYDRATES — GROUPS OF CARBOHYDRATES — ISOMERIC FORMS OF MONOSACCHARIDES — FOOTNOTES: — CHEMICAL CONSTITUTION OF MONOSACCHARIDES — CHARACTERISTIC REACTIONS OF HEXOSES — THE OCCURRENCE AND PROPERTIES OF MONOSACCHARIDES — DISACCHARIDES — TRISACCHARIDES — TETRASACCHARIDES — THE RELATION OF THE MOLECULAR CONFIGURATION OF SUGARS TO THEIR BIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES — POLYSACCHARIDES — (A) The Dextrosans — (B) Levulosans — (C) Mannosans, or Mannans — (D) Galactans — PHYSIOLOGICAL USE AND BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CARBOHYDRATES — REFERENCES
11. 11.CHAPTER V — GUMS, PECTINS, AND CELLULOSES — THE NATURAL GUMS AND PENTOSANS — MUCILAGES — PECTINS — CELLULOSES — PHYSIOLOGICAL USE OF CELLULOSES — REFERENCES
12. 12.CHAPTER VI — GLUCOSIDES — FOOTNOTES: — HYDROLYSIS OF THE NATURAL GLUCOSIDES — GENERAL PROPERTIES OF GLUCOSIDES — THE PHENOL GLUCOSIDES — THE ALCOHOL GLUCOSIDES — THE ALDEHYDE GLUCOSIDES — THE ACID GLUCOSIDES — THE OXY-CUMARIN GLUCOSIDES — THE PIGMENT GLUCOSIDES — THE CYANOPHORE GLUCOSIDES — THE MUSTARD OIL GLUCOSIDES — TEE DIGITALIS GLUCOSIDES — THE SAPONINS — THE PHYSIOLOGICAL USES OF GLUCOSIDES — BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF GLUCOSIDES — References.
13. 13.CHAPTER VII — TANNINS — FOOTNOTES: — OCCURRENCE — CHEMICAL CONSTITUTION — CLASSES OF TANNINS — SOME COMMON TANNINS — PHYSIOLOGICAL USES OF TANNINS — BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF TANNINS IN FRUITS — References.
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII — PIGMENTS — THE CHLOROPHYLLS — THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CHLOROPHYLLS — SIMILARITY OF CHLOROPHYLL AND HÆMOGLOBIN — PROPERTIES OF THE CHLOROPHYLLS — THE CAROTINOIDS — PHYCOERYTHRIN AND PHYCOPHÆIN — THE ANTHOCYANS — THE ANTHOXANTHINS — THE PRODUCTION OF ORNAMENTAL PIGMENTS IN FLOWERS, ETC. — THE PHYSIOLOGICAL USES OF PIGMENTS — BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ORNAMENTAL PIGMENTS — References.
15. 15.CHAPTER IX — ORGANIC ACIDS, ACID SALTS, AND ESTERS — CHEMICAL CONSTITUTION — SOME COMMON ORGANIC ACIDS — PHYSIOLOGICAL USES OF ORGANIC ACIDS — BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF FRUIT ACIDS, ETC.
16. 16.CHAPTER X — FATS AND OILS, WAXES, AND LIPOIDS — A. FATS AND OILS — OCCURRENCE — CHEMICAL CONSTITUTION — THE ACIDS WHICH OCCUR IN NATURAL FATS — THE ALCOHOLS WHICH OCCUR IN NATURAL FATS — HYDROLYSIS AND SYNTHESIS OF FATS — THE EXTRACTION OF OILS FROM PLANT TISSUES — IDENTIFICATION OF FATS AND OILS — PHYSIOLOGICAL USE OF FATS AND OILS — B. THE WAXES — C. THE LIPOIDS — LECITHIN — OTHER PLANT PHOSPHATIDES — PLANT CEREBROSIDES — PHYSIOLOGICAL USES OF LIPOIDS — References.
17. 17.CHAPTER XI — ESSENTIAL OILS AND RESINS — THE ESSENTIAL OILS — THE RESINS — PHYSIOLOGICAL USES AND BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ESSENTIAL OILS — References.
18. 18.CHAPTER XII — THE VEGETABLE BASES — THE PLANT AMINES — ALKALOIDS — THE PURINE BASES — THE PYRIMIDINE BASES — THE NUCLEIC ACIDS — References
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII — PROTEINS — GENERAL COMPOSITION OF PROTEINS — AMINO-ACIDS AND PEPTID UNITS — INDIVIDUAL AMINO-ACIDS FROM PROTEINS — COMPOSITION OF PLANT PROTEINS — GENERAL PROPERTIES OF THE PROTEINS — FOOTNOTES: — THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE PROTEINS — DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PLANT AND ANIMAL PROTEINS — THE EXTRACTION OF PROTEINS FROM PLANT TISSUES — THE SYNTHESIS OF PROTEINS IN PLANTS — PHYSIOLOGICAL USES OF PROTEINS — References
20. 20.CHAPTER XIV — ENZYMES AND THEIR ACTION — ENZYMES AS CATALYSTS — GENERAL PROPERTIES OF ENZYMES — THE CHEMICAL NATURE OF ENZYMES — NOMENCLATURE AND CLASSIFICATION — OCCURRENCE AND PREPARATION FOR STUDY — THE NATURE OF ENZYME ACTION — ACTIVATORS AND INHIBITORS — COENZYMES AND ANTIENZYMES — ZYMOGENS — PHYSIOLOGICAL USES OF ENZYMES — FURTHER STUDIES NEEDED — References
21. 21.CHAPTER XV — THE COLLOIDAL CONDITION — THE COLLOIDAL CONDITION A DISPERSION PHENOMENON — NOMENCLATURE AND CLASSIFICATION — CONDITIONS NECESSARY TO THE FORMATION OF SOLS — GEL-FORMATION — GENERAL PROPERTIES OF COLLOIDAL SOLUTIONS — ADSORPTION — CATALYSIS AFFECTED BY THE COLLOIDAL CONDITION — INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF COLLOIDAL PHENOMENA — NATURAL COLLOIDAL PHENOMENA — References
22. 22.CHAPTER XVI — THE PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY OF PROTOPLASM — HETEROGENEOUS STRUCTURE OF THE CELL — WATER — SALTS — OSMOTIC PRESSURE — SURFACE BOUNDARY PHENOMENA — ELECTRICAL PHENOMENA OF PROTOPLASM — ACIDITY OR ALKALINITY OF PROTOPLASM — SUMMARY — References
23. 23.CHAPTER XVII — HORMONES, AUXIMONES, VITAMINES, AND TOXINS — HORMONES — VITAMINES — AUXIMONES — TOXINS
24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII — ADAPTATIONS — TYPES OF ADAPTATIONS — CHROMATIC ADAPTATIONS — STRUCTURAL ADAPTATIONS — PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS — CONCLUDING STATEMENTS
25. 25.INDEX

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