Food; Some Account of it Sources, Constituents and UsesChapman and Hall, 1876 - 224 páginas |
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Página 4 - Boil one quart of the water to be tested ration.0" ma porcelain dish, and then heat the dry residue hotter and hotter. If the original residue is white and powdery in appearance, that is, so far, a good sign; but if it is partly white and partly yellowish or greenish, and especially if there are gum-like stains around the residue, then, on heating these parts of the residue, we shall probably see them darken, fuse, and burn away in part, giving out fumes having a disagreeable smell. If the blackening...
Página 1 - Compounds, such as starch, dextrin, sugar, and fat, which serve to keep up the heat and movements of the body by the discharge of their potential energy during oxidation In the organism. The fat of the body is formed in part from fat or oil in the food. The members of this group are often...
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Página 1 - ... and chondrin; keratin and elastin from skin and connective tissue, — approach the albuminoids in composition, and may serve in a measure, some of the same purposes in the body as those to which the true albuminoids are applied. This series of compounds may conveniently be designated the osseids. CLASS II. — FOOD ADJUNCTS. Group i. Alcohol, as contained in beers, wines, and spirits. Group ii. Volatile or Essential Oils, and other odorous and aromatic compounds, as contained in condiments,...