48 Literature on Inosite-Phosphoric Acid [Sept. 



McCoUum and Hart. Univ. of Wis.. Madison, Wis. ; /. Biol. Chem., 1908, 4, 

 497-500. Showing the presence of phytase in animal tissues. 



Mendel and Underhill. Yale University; Am. J. PhysioL, 1906, 17, 75-88. In- 

 fluence of phytin on bacteria; pharmacological studies on dog and rabbit. 



Nagaoka. Imp. Univ., Tokio; Bull. Coli. Agr., Tokio, 1906, 6, No. 3. Value of 

 inosite-phosphoric acid and other phosphorus Compounds in plant waste 

 products as fertilizers, as compared with animal wastes, showing that the 

 latter are the more efficient. 



Neuberg. Pathol. Inst., Univ. of Berlin; Biochem. Zeit., 1908, 9, 557-560; 1909, 

 16, 405-410. Analyses of several preparations of phytin. Concludes that 

 the substance is inosite-phosphoric acid and does not contain a carbohy- 

 drate group. 



Novi. Pharm. Lab. Bologna; Mem.r. accad. sei. Bologna, igii,^,s^r. 6. (From 

 Zentr. Biochem. u. Biophys., 1911,11,871.) Influence of phytin and glycero- 

 phosphates on muscle reaction. 



Palladin. Zürich Polytechnicum ; Zeit. Biol., 1894, 31, 191-203. Discovery of 

 inosite-phosphoric acid by chemical procedure. 



Patten and Hart. N. Y. Agr. Exp. Sta., Geneva, N. Y. ; A''. Y. Agr. Exp. Sta. 

 Bull., 250, 1904; Am. Chem. Jour., 1904, 31, 564-672. An important contri- 

 bution on the properties and composition of inosite-phosphoric acid. 



Peters. Allg. med. Centralzeitg., 1908, No. 9. (From Centr. Nervenheilk. u. 

 Psychiatrie, 1908, 31, 1081.) Therapeutic. 



Pfeffer. Marburg; Jahrb. wiss. Bot., 1872, 8, 429-574. Comprehensive study of 

 aleuron grains, identification of "globoid," and approximation of its chem- 

 ical nature. 



Polacci. Royal Bot. Inst., Univ. of Pavia; Malphigia, 1894, 8, 361-379. Study 

 of phosphorus in the aleuron grain. 



Posternak. Zürich Polytechnicum; Pasteur Inst.; Basel; Compt. Rend., 1905, 

 140, 322-324; 1903, 137, 202-203; 2>37-2>29; 439-441; Bul. soc. chim., 1904, 33» 

 116; Rev. Gen. Bot., 1900, 12, 5-24; 65-73; Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol., 1903, 55, 

 1190-1192. German Patents, Kl. 12, Nos. 155798, 159749, 160470, 164298; 

 Münch. med. Woch., 1907, p. 827. The first and most comprehensive study 

 of the physical and chemical properties of phytin, giving methods of prepa- 

 ration, results of analyses of pure products, and speculations on the Consti- 

 tution and biological function of this product. 



Rising. St. Albonvorstadt, Basel; Svensk Kern. Tidskrift, 191 1, 22, 143-150. 

 Study of organic phosphorus Compounds in food materials ; the name phyto- 

 phosphoric acid is suggested, methods are given for analysis of the various 

 forms of phosphorus, and analyses are reported for a preparation of the 

 silver salt of inosite-phosphoric acid. 



Rogosinski. Anz. Akad. Wiss., Krakow, 1910, 260-310. (From Chem. Centr., 

 1910 (II), 1549; Chem. Abstr., 1911, 5, 1476.) Feeding experiment with 

 the dog. 



Rose. N. Y. Agr. Exp. Sta., Geneva, N. Y. ; N. Y. Agr. Exp. Sta. Tech. Bull., 

 20, 1912. Feeding experiment with the milk cow; Dept. Biol. Chem., Colum- 

 bia Univ., N. Y., BiocHEMiCAL Bulletin, 1912, i, 428-438. Influence of 

 phytin on the growth of lupin seedlings. 



Sechert. These de Paris, 1904. (From Maly's Jahrsb., 1904, 34, 729.) Therapeutic. 



Schulze and Castoro. Zürich Polytechnikum; Zeit, physiol. Chem., 1904, 41, 



