Viscoelastic properties of tomato juice

Scurvy Treated with Tomato Juice

Purification and some properties of a lectin from the fruit juice of the tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum).

In the tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) plant, the fruit juice was found to be the richest source of agglutinating activity. The lectin responsible could be inhibited by oligomers of N-acetylglucosamine, and this property was exploited to purify the lectin by affinity adsorption on trypsin-treated erythrocytes. The lectin is a glycoprotein that cross-reacts immunologically with the lectin from ...

Viscoelastic properties of bamboo

Dynamic viscoelastic properties of bamboo were determined in torsion and bending. Damping, measured by tan δ, in dry bamboo was relatively small, about 0.01 in bending and 0.02 to 0.03 in torsion, with little dependence on frequency in the audio range. In wet bamboo, damping was somewhat greater: 0.012 to 0.015 in bending and 0.03 to 0.04 in torsion. The anisotropy in damping implies a purely c...

Viscoelastic properties of crystals.

We examine the question of whether fluids and crystals are differentiated on the basis of their zero frequency shear moduli or their limiting zero frequency shear viscosity. We show that while fluids, in contrast with crystals, do have a zero value for their shear modulus, in contradiction to a widespread presumption, a crystal does not have an infinite or exceedingly large value for its limiti...

Viscoelastic Properties of Cardiovascular Tissues

The aims of this chapter are to review the current state of knowledge regarding the viscoelastic behavior of cardiovascular tissues. We begin with a brief, general discus‐ sion of measurement and modeling of cardiovascular tissue viscoelasticity. We then review known viscoelastic behavior of arteries, veins, capillaries, blood components, the heart, and lymphatics. For each tissue type, we high...