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Chemistry of PLANT GUMS and MUCILAGES by F. SMITH, Professor Institute of Agriculture. University of Minnesota w and R. MONTGOMERY, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, State University of Iowa 1959, approx.
STEROIDS
E v e r y t h i n g that is known of the chemistry of these versatile s u b stances is presented in this c o m p r e hensive new m o n o g r a p h . This in cludes the rapid strides m a d e in the last few years. T h e p u r p o s e of the book is two-fold: to evaluate' critically the progress m a d e in this j fascinating field, and to e n c o u r a g e new ideas for t h e industrial appli cation of gums. T h e t r e a t m e n t of t h e subject is exhaustive, a n d begins with g u m function and origin. T h e n the gums are classified b o t a n ically before the text takes up their chemical and physical p r o p e r t i e s . Because of the growing commercial i m p o r t a n c e and possibilities of these raw materials, this m o n o g r a p h pro vides industry with t h e sound basis of information it needs for the suc cessful d e v e l o p m e n t of g u m s and mucilages.
b y L O U I S F. F I E S E R , S h e l d o n E m e r y P r o f e s s o r o f Organic Chemistry. Harvard University a n d MARY FIESER. Research Fellow in Chemistry, Harvard University
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PHEXAXTHKtXE, 3rd E d i t i o n . It is an account of t h e e n t i r e field written from the perspective of m o d e r n t h e o r y . T h e c o v e r a g e includes t h e litera t u r e t h r o u g h t h e first q u a r t e r of 1 9 5 9 . It reflects t h e s p e c t a c u l a r advances m a d e since t h e previous w o r k by a d d i n g over 2 0 0 pages of text. Seldom is such o u t s t a n d i n g m e r i t b r o u g h t to a subject of s o great i m p o r t a n c e . T h e c h e m i s t s , biochemists, m e d i c a l investigators a n d otlu r workers in this a r e a n o w h a v e cas)· access to t h e significant i n f o r m a t i o n a n d data of today's steroid chemistry. 1959, 964 p a g e s , $18.OD
I N D U S T R I A L F A T T Y ACIDS AND T H E I R APPLICATIONS e d i t e d b y E. S C O T T P A T T I S O N , M a n a g e r , F a t t y A c i d Producers' Council
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