The microscopy of vegetable foods : with special reference to the detection of adulteration and the diagnosis of mixtures (1906)
Winton, Andrew Lincoln, 1864-1946, Moeller, Josef, 1848-1924 · New York : John Wiley & Sons · leaf 243
ighly poisonous ingredient ricine, is a valuable fertilizer. As thismaterial has repeatedly been consumed by animals with fatal results,its microscopic detection is sometimes desirable. The seeds are obovoid, slightly flattened, with markings like those ofa tortoise shell. On one of the flattened… … HISTOLOGY. The Spermoderm (Fig. 176) consists of five distinct layers of which four are readily removed as a brittle shell. As noted by Collin, the three outer layers may be separated from the foiirth by boiUng with dilute alkali. The innermost layer remains attached to the seed after shelling.…
Plant anatomy · Food adulteration and inspection · Microscopy
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