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Page 908
... animals and plant fats and oils animals and plant fats and oils animals and plant fats and oils waxes waxes Fatty acids themselves can be formed from their soluble salts by acidification ( i.e. , addition of a strong acid , such as ...
... animals and plant fats and oils animals and plant fats and oils animals and plant fats and oils waxes waxes Fatty acids themselves can be formed from their soluble salts by acidification ( i.e. , addition of a strong acid , such as ...
Page 916
... animals , but certain classes of these compounds are typical of broad groups of tissues . The essential oils - more or less volatile materials obtain- able from odorous plants by physical means , such as ex- traction with solvents ...
... animals , but certain classes of these compounds are typical of broad groups of tissues . The essential oils - more or less volatile materials obtain- able from odorous plants by physical means , such as ex- traction with solvents ...
Page 923
... animals and cycloartenol in plants — and of intermediates between these compounds and their major sterol products . In mammalian skin , one precursor of cholesterol , 7 - dehydrocholesterol , is con- verted by solar ultraviolet light to ...
... animals and cycloartenol in plants — and of intermediates between these compounds and their major sterol products . In mammalian skin , one precursor of cholesterol , 7 - dehydrocholesterol , is con- verted by solar ultraviolet light to ...
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