Apricot and Its Physiology (2)

physiology and psychology of vision and its disorders: a review

the purpose of this review is to bring together to the physiology and psychology of vision and to analyze, based on our own data and on the available literature, the relationship between sight loss and individual reactions. as recent treatments for depression are often effective and have few side-effects, ophthalmologists should consider referral for treatment of depression in patients sufferin...

Effects of regulated deficit irrigation on physiology and fruit quality in apricot trees

The effects of regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) were studied on 9 year-old apricot-trees (Prunus armeniaca L. cv. ‘Búlida’) grafted on ‘Real Fino’ rootstock. Two irrigation treatments were established. The first, a control treatment, was irrigated to fully satisfy the crop water requirements (100% ETc) and the second, a RDI treatment, was subject to water shortage during the non-critical peri...

Hair physiology and its disorders

Hair follicles are complex skin appendages, the perturbations of which have an impact on human health and emotional welfare disproportionate to their small dimensions. Changes to the parameters of hair follicle size, numbers per unit area of skin, and growth cycle time duration determine hair coverage and fundamentally underlie the diagnosis of an individual with alopecia or hypertrichosis. Her...

Insulin: Its Chemistry and Physiology

INSULIN: ITS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. By Hans F. Jensen. The Commonwealth Fund, New York. 1938, xii + 252 pp. $2. The interest aroused by the isolation and clinical use of insulin has resulted in the accumulation of an enormous literature. While much of this work is of a superficial nature, the task of the student seeking the important and fundamental facts concerning this hormone has not been...

Genetic Diversity in Apricot

Are Apricot Kernels Toxic?

If future research shows that Laetrile has value, we can expect the consumption of apricot kernels to increase. Critics of Laetrile have asserted that apricot kernels are highly toxic. Case histories confirm that negative reactions to eating apricot kernels can take place, but such reports are rare, and we have only suggestive evidence concerning what doses cause adverse effects.