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All of the above results tend to substantiate Suzuki's conclusion and 

 indicate that at least a part of the nitrogen is present in the form of a 

 complex protein compound which can be hydrolized to form amino 

 acids in much the same way as egg albumen, casein, etc. 



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The Isolation of Individual Compounds fro))i Peat. 



The brown peat used in the previous experiments was also used in 

 this work. The nitrogenous material was extracted by heating it for 



