LUX TEXTS 



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lurroductiou 9 



The curing 10 



Decrease of protein 10 



Regulation of heat and moisture 11 



Flavor 12 



Color 12 



Ammonia 13 



The sweating or fermentation jirocess 13 



Rise of temperature 14 



Oxidation 14 



Losses - 15 



Development of gases 16 



Starch 16 



Sugar 16 



Tannin 17 



Fiber 17 



Ashes 17 



Xitrate 17 



The cold sweat, aging, or after-fermentation 18 



The petuning of the tobacco. 19 



The bacterial fermentation theory of Suchsland 20 



The oxidizing agency in the fermenting tobacco leaf 23 



Views on the i^hysiological functions of the oxidizing enzyms 26 



The tobacco oxidase and peroxidase 27 



Summary 33 



Recent foreign literature 34 



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