=Other Fruits.=--A word may be said in regard to some other fruits. The
antiscorbutic potency of _raspberries_ was tested by Holst and Froelich
(1912) and found comparable to oranges and to lemons. The juice was also
highly resistant to heat, so that 10 c.c. of freshly-pressed juice were
of protective value, even after it had been subjected to 100 or 110° C.
for one hour. Guinea-pigs which were thus treated showed no microscopic
signs of scurvy in any of the ribs, in the tibiæ or the femora.
TABLE 3
TABLE SHOWING THE RELATIVE DISTRIBUTION OF THE ANTISCORBUTIC FACTOR
IN THE COMMONER FOODSTUFFS[*]
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Classes | Anti- | Classes | Anti-
of |scorbutic| of |scorbutic
Foodstuffs | Factor | Foodstuffs | Factor
------------------------+---------+------------------------+---------
_Meat, Fish, Etc.:_ | |_Vegetables and Fruits:_|
Lean meat (beef, | | Cabbage, fresh | +++
mutton, etc.) | + | Cabbage, cooked | +
Liver | + | Cabbage, dried | Very
Tinned meats | 0 | | slight
Beef juice | + | Swede, raw expressed |
| | juice | ++
_Milk, Cheese, Etc.:_ | | Lettuce | ++
Milk, cow's, whole raw| + | Carrots, fresh raw | +
Milk, cow's, skim raw | + | Carrots, dried | 0
Milk, cow's, dried | + | Beetroot, raw, | Less
Milk, cow's, | Less | expressed juice | than +
boiled | than + | Potatoes, raw | ...
Milk, cow's, | Less | Potatoes, cooked | +
pasteurized | than + | Potatoes, dried | 0
Milk, cow's, condensed| Less | Beans, fresh, raw | ++
(sweetened) | than + | Onions | ++
| | Lemon juice, fresh | +++
_Eggs:_ | | Lemon juice, preserved| ++
Fresh | ?0 | Lime juice, fresh | ++
Dried | ?0 | Lime juice, preserved | Very
| | | slight
_Cereals, Pulses, Etc.:_| | Orange juice | +++
Wheat, maize, rice, | | Raspberries | ++
whole grain | 0 | Grapes | +
Wheat germ | 0 | Apples | +
Wheat, maize, bran | 0 | Bananas | Very
White wheaten flour, | | | slight
pure corn flour, | | Tomatoes (canned) | ++
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