The girasole,3 Hetianthus tuberosus, has had much interest centered upon it since the report of JACKSON, SILSBEE and PROFFITT (4) on the possible commercial preparation from it of fructose, a sugar sweeter than sucrose, according to PAUL (7), DEERR (3), SALE and SKINNER (8), BIESTER, WOOD and WAHLIN (2) and SPENGLER and TRAEGEL (10). A survey of the plants which might serve as a source for the ...

The thermal response of mitochondrial polar lipids from a variety of chilling-sensitive and chilling-insensitive plants was determined by differential scanning calorimetry. A phase transition was observed at 15 degrees C for mitochondria from soybeam (Glycine max. cv Davis) hypocotyl, at 16 degrees C for tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum cv Flora-Dade and cv Grosse Lisse) fruit, at 15 degrees C f...

Diabetes is caused by excessive accumulation of glucose in human blood. The disease is hereditary, but can also be affected by the environment. At present, there are many limitations in the development of single-target drug therapy for the treatment of diabetes. Chinese herbal medicine has long been used for diabetes treatment as well as many other diseases in East Asia. Clinical practice has d...