Sonne, Buchanan, and Delluva (1,2) have recently identified some of the precursors of the carbon atoms of uric acid in the pigeon. We have had occasion to repeat and extend their experiments during an investigation of the suitability of the pigeon as an agent for the biosynthesis of uric acid labeled in various positions with C14. This paper presents data on the yields of several different kind...

URING a study of color inheritance in the domestic pigeon three D autosomal factors have been found to be linked. In a preliminary report (HOLLANDER 1936) certain statements were made which must be modified in the light of additional data. Previous authors have failed to demonstrate any autosomal linkages in the pigeon. CHRISTIE and WRIEDT (1923) attempted to show a linkage between white-tail a...

Over 20% of residents of sub-Sahara Africa live below the poverty line. They are therefore unable to feed themselves and get access to other basic needs. Even in situations where they have access to land, they are unable to afford sufficient fertilizers and other farm inputs to produce efficiently. Pigeon pea production presents a great potential for improving livelihoods for resource poor Afri...

Earlier studies have shown that Furacinl inhibits the formation of acetyl coenzyme A2 from pyruvate anaerobically (1). Acetone powder preparations of pigeon liver and rat testis were used in the early work. The results suggested that Furacin inhibits reactions mediated by pyruvic oxidase; therefore, further studies were continued with more highly purified preparations of this enzyme from pigeon...

1. Pigeon heart mitochondria produce H(2)O(2) at a maximal rate of about 20nmol/min per mg of protein. 2. Succinate-glutamate and malate-glutamate are substrates which are able to support maximal H(2)O(2) production rates. With malate-glutamate, H(2)O(2) formation is sensitive to rotenone. Endogenous substrate, octanoate, stearoyl-CoA and palmitoyl-carnitine are by far less efficient substrates...

four west african dwarf (wad) grower bucks averaging 6 kg in weight and aged between 5-6 months of age were used in a digestive trial to determine the intake and digestibility of raw or processed pigeon pea seed meal based diets. the diets designated rpbd, spbd, tpbd and bpbd were formulated from cassava peel, palm kernel cake, brewers dry grain, bone meal and common salt to contain 15% of raw,...

Pigeon Pea (Casanus Cajan L.) is one of the local foods in South Sulawesi. pea seeds contain protein that body can absorb. This study aims to determine optimum operating conditions for extracting pigeon on and yield using Ultrasonic-Assisted Extraction (UAE). Response Surface Methodology (RSM) with Box-Behnken Design (BBD) was used by considering three variables, time (30, 40, 50 min), temperat...

In this work we investigated whether priming with auxin, cytokinin, gibberellin, abscisic acid and ethylene, alters the physiological responses of seeds of pigeon pea germinated under water and cadmium stress. Seeds treated with water or non-treated seeds were used as control. Although compared to non-treated seeds we found that the hormone treatments improve the germination of pigeon pea under...

On the examination of soil around the roots of Mustard in Kashmir Valley, two species of Nematodes were met, namely Aphelenchus radicicolus Steiner,1931 and Psilenchus haki Handoo, 1977. The species were identified under Stereoscopic microscope with the little intraspecific variations from the original in terms of the dimensions. The effect of organic amendments including poultry manure, pigeon...