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The microscopy of vegetable foods (1906)

Winton, Andrew Lincoln, 1864-1946, Moeller, Josef, 1848-1924 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 327

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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… … Fig. 248. Acorn. 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 outer…

Food adulteration and inspection · Plant anatomy · Microscopy

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