Agave

Mauritius. Mauritius hemp, also called piteina, is obtaiaed from the Furcraeagigantea also a member of the Agavaceae. The plant is mostly grown on the island of Mauritius, but is also harvested ia Brazil and other tropical countries. The leaves are longer and heavier than those of the agaves. 

Sisal. The tme sisal fiber Fora Agave sisalana is the most important of the leaf fibers ia terms of quahty and commercial use. Originating ia the tropical western hemisphere, sisal has beea transplanted to East Africa, Indonesia, and the Philippines. It is named after the port ia the Yucatan from which it was first exported. 

Fibers (see Fibers, survey) used in textile production can have a wide variety of origins plants, ie, ceUulosic fibers (see Fibers, cellulose esters) animals, ie, protein fibers (see Wool) and, in the twentieth century, synthetic polymers. Depending on the part of the plant, the ceUulosic fibers can be classified as seed fibers, eg, cotton (qv), kapok bast fibers, eg, linen from flax, hemp, jute and leaf fibers, eg, agave. Protein fibers include wool and hair fibers from a large variety of mammals, eg, sheep, goats, camels, rabbits, etc, and the cocoon material of insect larvae (sUk). Real sUk is derived from the cocoon of the silkworm, Bombjx mori and for a long time was only produced in China, from which it was traded widely as a highly valuable material. 

Treatment widi restriction endonuclease Agave 2 fragments, one 7 kb in size and one 3 kb in size, as judged by gel electrophoresis. 

Agathendisaure, /. agathenedioic acid. Agave faser, /, agave fiber, sisal. hanf, m. 

Aloe-hanf, m. aloe hemp (agave), -holz, n. agalloch. -mittel,n. (A/ed.) aloetic. -saft, m. aloe juice, aloes. 

Within the last five years, there s been a huge trend of distillers bottling tequila on their own, instead of selling it to die larger distillers, Mr. Harrington said. The liquor, distilled from the sap of the agave plant, must be produced in Mexico to be called tequila. The state of Jalisco produces 99 percent of tequila sold. 

Working with Steve Olson, a beverage consultant, Sue Torres, the owner and chef of Suenos, based La Paloma on a cocktail she was served in Mexico at the Don Julio ranch, owned by the tequila family, where they grow their agave. 

Nitromatweed (Matweed Nitrate, Nitrosparte in Fr). Prepd by nitration of dried matweed with mixed nitric-sulfuric acids in a manner similar to the prepn of NC. Trench, Faure and MacKie (Ref 2), in 1876, patented expls containing as a base nitrosparte (or other nitrated cellulosic material such as cotton, hay, agave, hemp, flax, straw, aloe, yucca, etc) together with resin, ozokerite, collodion, glycerin, charcoal and soot. Hengst (Ref 3), in 1898, patented a smokeless powd containing nitrosparte prepd by nitration of fibers covering the coconut shell Refs 1) Merriam Webster s Diet, 2nd Ed (1963), ... 

Avaiyar s Vinayagar Agaval English rendering by Layne Little. rhttp //www.levitv.com/alchemv/vinavaga.html1. 

Peroxidase activity has long been associated with extracts of plant tissue and the crystalline enzyme from horse radish root has been studied in extenso, particularly in regard to its mechanism of action (11). Plants also contain ferredoxin and various specialized cytochromes, both of which substances play an essential role in photosynthesis (95, 96). Agavain, a crystalline proteolytic enzyme from the leaves of Agave,... 

Tegelaar E, deLeeuw J, Largeau C, Derenne S, Schulten H, Muller R, Boon J, Nip M, Sprenkels J (1989) Scope and limitations of several pyrolysis methods in the structural elucidation of a macromolecular plant constituent in the leaf cuticle of Agave americana L. J Anal Appl Pyrolysis 15 29-54... 

Cira LA et al (2008) Heterologous expression of Fusarium oxysporum tomatinase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae increases its resistance to saponins and improves ethanol production during the fermentation of Agave tequilana Weber var. azul and Agave salmiana must. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. Int J Gen Mol Microbiol 93 259... 

Plant fibers such as cotton, abaca, agave, flax, hemp, kapok, jute, kenaf, and ramie are still in use but even cotton is no longer king. ... 

Steroids norcholestanes diosgenin (Agave spp., Ang. from arid Mexico AY). 

DiOH-6,3 -diOMe-4, 5 -methylenedioxy CisHifiOg 360 Agamanone Agave americana Agavaceae Aerial 43... 

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