Insectivorous Plants — Page 1
THE DIGESTIVE POWER OF THE SECRETION OF DROSERA.
DIE VERDAUUNGSKRAFT DES SEKRETS VON DROSERA.
The secretion rendered acid by the direct and indirect excitement of the glands—Nature of the acid—Digestible substances—Albumen, its digestion arrested by alkalies, recommences by the addition of an acid—Meat—Fibrin—Syntonin—Areolar tissue—Cartilage—Fibro-cartilage—Bone—Enamel and dentine—Phosphate of lime—Fibrous basis of bone—Gelatine—Chondrin— Milk, casein and cheese—Gluten—Legumin—Pollen—Globulin—Haematin—Indigestible substances—Epidermic productions—Fibro-elastic tissue—Mucin—Pepsin—Urea—Chitine— Cellulose—Gun-cotton—Chlorophyll—Fat and oil—Starch—Action of the secretion on living seeds—Summary and concluding remarks.
Das Sekret durch direkte und indirekte Reizung der Drüsen sauer gemacht—Natur der Säure—Verdauliche Substanzen—Albumin, seine Verdauung durch Alkalien gehemmt, beginnt durch Zusatz einer Säure erneut—Fleisch—Fibrin—Syntonin—Areolargewebe—Knorpel—Faserknorpel—Knochen—Schmelz und Dentin—Phosphat des Kalks—Faserige Grundlage des Knochens—Gelatine—Chondrin—Milch, Kasein und Käse—Gluten—Legumin—Pollen—Globulin—Hämatin—Unverdauliche Substanzen—Epidermale Erzeugnisse—Faserelastisches Gewebe—Muzin—Pepsin—Harnstoff—Chitin—Zellulose—Schießbaumwolle—Chlorophyll—Fett und Öl—Stärke—Wirkung des Sekrets auf lebende Samen—Zusammenfassung und abschließende Bemerkungen.
Vocabulary
- VERDAUUNGSKRAFT
- Digestive power or strength of a substance
- SEKRETS
- Genitive form of Sekret; of the secretion
- Sekret
- Biological secretion produced by glands or cells
- Reizung
- Stimulation or irritation of tissue or nerves
- Drüsen
- Plural of Drüse; glands secreting substances
- sauer
- Adjective meaning 'acid' or 'sour'
- Säure
- Acid; a chemical substance with low pH
- Verdauliche
- Digestible; capable of being broken down digestively
- Substanzen
- Plural of Substanz; substances or materials
- Albumin
- Water-soluble protein found in blood and egg white
- Verdauung
- Digestion; the process of breaking down food
- Alkalien
- Plural of Alkali; alkaline substances with high pH
- gehemmt
- Inhibited or suppressed; past participle of hemmen
- Zusatz
- Addition or supplement of a substance
- erneut
- Adverb meaning 'again' or 'anew'
- Fleisch
- Meat or flesh of an animal
- Fibrin
- Insoluble protein forming blood clots
- Knorpel
- Cartilage; flexible connective tissue in joints
- Knochen
- Bone; hard connective tissue forming the skeleton
- Schmelz
- Enamel; hard outer coating of teeth
- Phosphat
- Phosphate; salt or ester of phosphoric acid
- Kalks
- Genitive of Kalk; of lime or calcium carbonate
- Faserige
- Adjective meaning 'fibrous'; having a fiber-like structure
- Grundlage
- Foundation or basis of something
- Gelatine
- Gelatin; protein derived from boiled animal collagen
- Milch
- Milk; white liquid produced by mammals
- Kasein
- Main protein found in milk and cheese
- Käse
- Cheese; dairy product made from curdled milk
- Gluten
- Protein mixture found in wheat and grains
- Pollen
- Fine powder produced by flowering plants for reproduction
- Unverdauliche
- Indigestible; substances that cannot be broken down digestively
- Erzeugnisse
- Products or substances produced by a process
- Gewebe
- Tissue; group of similar biological cells
- Pepsin
- Digestive enzyme in stomach that breaks down proteins
- Harnstoff
- Urea; nitrogen-containing waste product in urine
- Zellulose
- Cellulose; main structural component of plant cell walls
- Chlorophyll
- Green pigment in plants enabling photosynthesis
- Fett
- Fat; lipid substance stored for energy in organisms
- Öl
- Oil; liquid fat extracted from plants or animals
- Stärke
- Starch; carbohydrate stored in plants as energy
- Wirkung
- Effect or action produced by something
- lebende
- Adjective meaning 'living' or 'alive'
- Samen
- Seeds of a plant or semen
- Zusammenfassung
- Summary or synopsis of a text or topic
- abschließende
- Adjective meaning 'concluding' or 'final'
- Bemerkungen
- Plural of Bemerkung; remarks or observations
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