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  1. ... aldehyde. Used in per- fumery. Clove Cinnamon. From Persea caryophyllata. Curcuma. From the rhizome of Curcuma longa. ... sium solution 1277 Perpetual pills 1381 Perry 841 Persea caryophyllata 876 Persica vulgaris 928 Persimmon 966 Persio ...
  2. NLM Digital Collections - The natural diet of man 
    Publication: Battle Creek, Michigan : The Modern Medicine Publishing Co., 1923
    ... Notable excep- tions are the olive and the avocado or alligator pear, which contain almost no carbohydrate. ... aside from that wonder- ful tropical fruit, the avocado, is the propor- tion of protein large enough ...
  3. ... and Deuel: Vegetable Percentage fat or oil. ptilized. Avocado fat 88.0 Cohune oil 99.0 Cupassu ... 580, 590, 613, 614 Avena saliva, 482-484 Avocado fat, 257 Axolotl, absorption of gills induced by ...
  4. ... and the pith of Sassafras officinalis, Nees, s. Laurus (Persea, Sprengel} Sassafras, Linne. Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, ... manganese, 953 de mercure, 784 de plomb, 1194 Persea Sassafras, 1351 Persian balsam, 1517 berries, 1303 insect ...
  5. ... and the pith of Sassafras officinalis, Nees, s. Laurus (Persea, SprengeP) Sassafras, Linne. Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, ... manganese, 953 de mercure, 784 de plomb, 1194 •Persea Sassafras, 1351 - Persian balsam, 1517 ■ - berries, 1303 - insect ...
  6. NLM Digital Collections - Review of intramural research (1965) 
    Publication: [Bethesda, Md.] : U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health
    ... that had been isolated pre- viously from the avocado, namely, D-glycero- D - tnanno - octulose, D -glycero - ... hydrate constituents of Sedum species and of the avocado by Dr. H. H. Sephton, and on Pichi ...
  7. ... perfect: stamens 12, three of them sterile. 1. PERSEA. Calyx persistent. Anthers 4-celled, those of 3 ... leaved involucre Anthers 4-celled, 4-valved, 1. PERSEA, Gaertn. Alligator Pear. Flowers perfect, with a 6- ...
  8. NLM Digital Collections - What shall I eat and why : essential food facts 
    Publication: New Orleans, Louisiana : Louisiana State Department of Health, May 1942
    ... Bleached asparagus has less vitamin A than green. AVOCADO, NATIVE Average helping: y2 small (100 gms. or ... gms. Outstanding in iron and vitamins. *West Indian avocado is reported higher than the native in iron, ...
  9. NLM Digital Collections - Dietetics for nurses 
    Publication: Philadelphia : W.B. Saunders Company, 1924
    ... food to the Arab is well known. The avocado, or alligator-pear, contains about 2 per cent, ... 17, 27 of nutritive ingredients of food, 17 Avocado, 79 Avoirdupois and metric weights, relative values, 441 ...
  10. ... Pliny and other ancient writers, speak of the "persea" tree having been planted in Egypt by Perseus ( ... painting) : and the account by Dioscorides of the "persea" and its medicinal use, agrees very well with ...
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