Extracts from Plays by Tagore

Bichitra: Online Tagore Variorum

The digital edition of Rabindranath Tagore, Bichitra: Online Tagore Variorum aims to encompass all of Rabindranath’s literary works in Bengali and English. This edition is an extremely interesting case study for the technical and logistical complexity of the task it sets out to achieve, which involved the development of customised technology and a visualisation strategy to engage the reader wit...

The Election of Tagore Law Professor

Hydrolysis of amides by extracts from Mycobacteria.

Oxidation of nitroethane by extracts from Neurospora.

The metabolism of nitro compounds in plants has not been extensively investigated. Only two such compounds appear to have been reported as occurring naturally in plants. Chloromycetin contains an aromatic nitro group, and occurs in the culture medium of Streptomyces. Certain bacteria (1) and, more recently, a bacterial cell-free enzyme (2) have been shown to bring about the reduction of the nit...

Rooster Collagen Extracts from Rooster By-Products

Collagen associated hydrolysates have desirable characteristics for various industrial applications [1,2]. They have been used as important biomaterial in medical applications because of their biodegradability and weak antigenicity [3]. In addition, intracellular and extra-cellular self-assembly of polypeptide chains and the cross-links between adjacent molecules help collagen fibrils to withst...