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    An Antibiotic Substance in the Chinese Water-chestnut, Eleocharis tuberosa

    IN our search for the presence of antibiotic substances in the higher plants used in China for food or for drugs, we have examined the tubers of the waterchestnut, Eleocharis tuberosa.

    S. L. CHEN, B. L. CHENG, W. K. CHENG, P. S. TANG in Nature (1945)

  2. Article

    Change in Optical Rotation of Glucose in Dilute Solutions of Boric Acid

    SOME unexpected results obtained on the respiration of a strain of yeast in boric acid buffers1 led us to investigate the changes in pH and in the optical rotation of glucose in boric acid and in borax solutions....

    P. S. TANG, P. N. SUNG in Nature (1936)