280 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Nitrof/en content of proteids prepared from various sceda, etc. 



Constitution of the cereal celluloses, C. F. Cross, E. J. Bevan, 



and C. Smith {Jour. Chem. Soc, 69 {ls!j(j)^pP- 804-818).— The following 

 is au outline of the more important results: 



"(1) The lignocelluloses of the cereals — for example, the straw and seed envelopes 

 (as obtained in brewers' grains) — are similarly attacked by acid reagents, their fiir- 

 furoid constituents being hydrolyzed to solnble forms and separated from the com- 

 plex of cellulose and unsaturated (keto-hexene) niolecules. 



"(2) These furfuroids have characteristics similar to those isolated from the cellu- 

 loses; but the hydrolysis of the parent molecule proceeds to a lower limit; the 

 cupric reduction of the soluble furfuroids is relatively low, and the osazones are of 

 lower melting point (120-130"). 



