Biochemie der Leguminosen und Fouragepflanzen

Abstract

IN 1938, twelve publications appeared in Russian, each containing information collected from the available literature on the biochemistry of one of the following leguminous and fodder plants : peas, beans, soya beans, dentils, clover, sweet-clover, lucerne, lupin, timothy grass, sorghum, common vetch and chick peak. The book under review, which consists mainly of tables, was compiled from the information contained in these twelve publications by the late Prof.N. N. Ivanoff of Leningrad, who unfortunately died before the printing of the book was completed. The 327 tables, with a few explanatory notes, give the chemical composition of the above-mentioned leguminous and fodder plants, each table being accompanied by the relevant reference(s). Nitrogen ('crude protein'), crude fibre, starch and/or other carbohydrates, fat and ash contents are given for all the plants mentioned, and, in addition, for most of them, figures are quoted giving the amino-acid content of the protein(s), the composition of the ash, and analytical data on the fats. Data are also included showing the influence of different growth conditions and plant varieties on the yield and chemical composition of the fodder plants. More specialized information is not contained in this book, although for clover the hydrocyanic acid, and for lupin the alkaloid content are given, and some figures are quoted for carotene and vitamin C content of peas. Biochemie der Leguminosen und Fouragepflanzen Von N. N. Iwanoff. Pp. vii+115. (Amsterdam: Dr. W. Junk, 1947.) n.p.