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 329
y elongated starch grains (Fig. 248, st) with elon- 3o6 NUTS. gated hilum, reminding us of leguminous starch. These are distorted inthe roasted product. Acorn Flour is mixed with chocolate and other food preparations. Acorn Shells are used as an adulterant of acorn coffee and possiblyof other food… … J^^ Fig. 248. Acom. Elements of cotyledon, ep epidermis; E parenchyma; st starch;sp spiral vessel. X300. (Moeller.) finally the exceedingly thin-walled hairs (Fig. 247), are the tissues of mostimportance in diagnosis. The Cupule is also said to serve as an adulterant. The geniculatehairs of the…
Plant anatomy · Food adulteration and inspection · Microscopy
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