Darwin in the Vegetable Kingdom

Skatole is the name given by B rieger (‘Deutsch. Chem. Gesell. Ber.,’ vol. 10, p. 1027; ‘Journ. fiir Prakt. Chem.’ [2], vol. 17, p. 129) to a substance he obtained in 1887 from hum an excrement ( ro σkwp, σkatos ) which possessed the disgusting odour of the fæces. Nencki (‘ Journ. für Prakt. Chem.’ [2], vol. 17, p. 98) soon afterwards recognised the same substance among the products of the decomposition of albumen by fused potash.

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Book Review A Manual of Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy, an Introduction to the Study of the Vegetable Kingdom and the Vegetable and Animal Drugs . (With syllabus of inorganic remedial agents.) Comprising The Botanical and Physical Characteristics, Source, Constituents, Pharmacopeial Preparations, Insects Injurious to Drags, and Pharmacal Botany. By Lucius E. Sayre, B.S., Ph.M., Dean of the School of Pharmacy; Professor of Materia Medica in the University of Kansas; Member of the Committee of Revision of the United States Pharmacopeia; Director of Drag Laboratory for State of Kansas. Fourth edition, revised. With 302 illustrations, the majority of which are from original drawings and photomicrographs. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son and Company.

Boston Medical and Surgical Journal ◽

10.1056/nejm191803211781208 ◽

1918 ◽

Vol 178 (12) ◽

pp. 397-398

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

The United States ◽

United States Pharmacopeia ◽

University Of Kansas ◽

Fourth Edition ◽

Materia Medica ◽

Vegetable Kingdom ◽

The University ◽

States Pharmacopeia

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Genetic variability of mineral elements concentration in pepper varieties (Capsicum annuum L.)

Zbornik Matice srpske za prirodne nauke ◽

10.2298/zmspn1018079k ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 79-86 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Borivoj Krstic ◽

Djuro Gvozdenovic ◽

Natasa Nikolic

Keyword(s):

Capsicum Annuum ◽

Mineral Nutrition ◽

Growing Season ◽

Mineral Elements ◽

Chemical Heterogeneity ◽

Genotypic Differences ◽

Capsicum Annuum L ◽

Vegetable Kingdom ◽

Pepper Leaves ◽

The Individual

Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) is one of the major members of the vegetable kingdom. The differences between the individual varieties in mineral nutrition and the uptake of mineral elements have provoked our interest for the investigations of their genotype specificity. The chemical composition of pepper leaves at flowering and at the end of the growing season was analyzed. On the average, the content of total ash was app. 22%, namely 19-20% (soluble) and 2-3% (insoluble) at both stages. The highest accumulation values were obtained with nitrogen, then potassium, calcium and phosphorus, whereas the lowest with sodium. The most remarkable genotypic differences were recorded at the end of the growing season. The results obtained clearly demonstrate the chemical heterogeneity of pepper varieties. This crop may be grown successfully only if specificity of its mineral nutrition is known.

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Analysis and the hierarchy of nature in eighteenth-century chemistry

The British Journal for the History of Science ◽

10.1017/s0007087401004587 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 35 (1) ◽

pp. 1-16 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

JONATHAN SIMON

Keyword(s):

Eighteenth Century ◽

Chemical System ◽

Plant Analysis ◽

Mathematical Concepts ◽

The Enlightenment ◽

Elementary Analysis ◽

Vegetable Kingdom ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship ◽

Elementary Chemical

What was the impact of Lavoisier's new elementary chemical analysis on the conception and practice of chemistry in the vegetable kingdom at the end of the eighteenth century? I examine how this elementary analysis relates both to more traditional plant analysis and to philosophical and mathematical concepts of analysis current in the Enlightenment. Thus I explore the relationship between algebra, Condillac's philosophy and Lavoisier's chemical system, as well as comparing Lavoisier's analytical approach to those of his predecessors, such as Baumé and Bucquet. With reference to the aims of vegetable analysis, I show how the dominance of elementary analysis devalued a tradition that sought to isolate immediate principles (plant extracts), marginalizing the chemical practices of many doctors and pharmacists in the context of the new chemistry in France.

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IX. The araucarieæ, recent and extinct

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B Containing Papers of a Biological Character (1896-1934) ◽

10.1098/rstb.1906.0009 ◽

1906 ◽

Vol 198 (239-250) ◽

pp. 305-411 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Keyword(s):

Present Communication ◽

The Earth ◽

Vegetable Kingdom

"The Coniferæ undoubtedly constitute one of the most interesting families in the vegetable kingdom, whether considered in connection with the former vegetation of the earth or in reference to their peculiarities of structure.” These introductory words to a memoir by David Don, published in 1841, are applicable with equal force to the Arauearieæ and afford a fitting preface to the present communication.

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A German Treatise on the Vegetable Kingdom

Nature ◽

10.1038/036123a0 ◽

1887 ◽

Vol 36 (919) ◽

pp. 123-124

Author(s):

F. O. B.

Keyword(s):

Vegetable Kingdom

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