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1930
peanut protein is superior to that of the soy bean in producing while N. Suzuki and his co-workers find that peanuts are to be preferred to rice as a source of protei~.'~K. L. Mackenzie-Wallis44finds that quite apart from the oil the nutritive value of peanut flour is high. Not only is the flour an efficient source of protein, but it is rich in amino acids which make it anti-scorbutic and therefore excellent for supplementing the rich carbohydrate diet of the natives of India. The work of E. D. W. Grieg demonstrated that biscuits made from peanuts were equal in antiscorbutic potency to the best brand of atta biscuits previously examined, and therefore this investigator recommends peanut biscuits as emergency rations for troops in India.'-ther experimental work has indicated other possible special food uses for peanut flour. M. B. Church, through her & group fermentation work with molds from the ~ s p e r ~ i l l .flaws-oryzae for the preparation of soy bean sauce, suggests the utilization of peanut cake as suitable for the production of similar sauces.46 Due to the small quantity of utilizable carbohydrate in peanut flour as compared with wheat flour and soy bean flour (which is the common diabetic food), M. K. M. Neale on the other hand suggests a new use for peanut flour in his recommendation that it be substituted for soy-bean flour in diabetic foods.47 From the foregoing scientific work it can readily be seen that peanut products are wholesome and nutritious. They far surpass in these respects many food articles which are consunied in larger quantities by our people. As an economic source of protein, peanut products compare favorably with any we have. The protein found in peanuts have been proved to be rich in the rare but important amino acids. All of us can testify to the palatableness of first-grade peanut foodstuffs. So there exists multiple evidence for the continued increasing use of peanut products in our nation's diet.
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3. Chem. Soc. Japan, 44, 5 8 4 8 (1923). Sci. Papers Inst. Phys. Chem. Research, 4, 1 4 7 . "Indian I. Med. Res. 6, 45-55 (1918). 45 Ibid., 6, 143-6 (1918). 4' Spice Mill, 47, 168 (1924). 47 3 . Am. Dielet. Assoc., 2, 7 3 4 5 (1926). '1
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Chemical Centenaries in 1930. Among anniversaries which occur in 1930 are a number of chemical interest. Three hundred years ago was horn Kunckel (16301703). a German chemist. The year 1830 was a "vintage year," for in it were barn the Frenchman Raault (1830-1901) whose work helped to lay the foundationsof physical chemistry, and who received the Davy Medal of the Royal Society in 1892; the Dutchman van Bemmelen (1830-1911), also a physical chemist; and the German Lothar Meyer who made contributions to our knowledge of the periodic classification of the elements, especially by his famous curve of the atomic volumes.-Chem. Age
