Japanese gelatin

Japanese Gelatin. See Agar-Agar in Vol 1 of Encycl, p A11Q-L... 

Agar-Agar(Japanese Gelatin). A yel-white mucilaginous substance (hydrophilic polysaccharide) extracted from some marine algaeor sea weeds. It is insol in cold water but sol in hot w, after previous slow swelling (Ref 2). Its aq soln (hydrosol) cannot be easily coagulated by salts (Ref 3)... 

Detonation, Shack-Wave (or Stress-Wave) Fracturing af Rock in. Accdg to Cook (Ref 3, p 339), Hino (Ref 1) published studies of the importance of the compressive Sc and tensile St strengths and the ratio Sc/St on rock fracturing by shock from three Japanese industrial expls an Ammon Gelatin, a Permitted Ammon Gelatin and an Ammon Dynamite. Their compns are not given by Cook, but the properties are... 

Gelatin-Dynamite (Japanese). See under Permissible Explosives in Vol. 3, p C454-L... 

Gelatin Dynamite Containing Ammonium Nitrate(Japanese).NG 28, NC 1.2, AN 43.3, starch 10, NaCl 20.0, soft wax 0.5 urea 6% ate pressed and wrapped in stick form. 

Japanese permitted gelatine and semi-gelatine dynamites... 

Matsu. Japan for Blasting Gelatin Sakuma- dainamaito. Japan for Gelignite Shoanyaku. See under Japanese permissible expls... 

Sakaguchi M, Miyazawa H, Inouye S. Specific IgE and IgG to gelatin in children with systemic cutaneous reactions to Japanese encephahtis vaccines. Allergy 2001 56(6) 536-9. 

Sakaguchi M, Yoshida M, Kuroda W, Harayama O, Matsunaga Y, Inouye S. Systemic immediate-type reactions to gelatin included in Japanese encephahtis vaccines. Vaccine 1997 15(2) 121-2. 

Gel preparations Some Japanese investigators are promoting the use of jellylike preparations to help elderly patients overcome their difficulty in swallowing conventional tablets and capsules (189-191). These dosage forms rely on gelation of materials such as sodium casseinate, glycerogelatin, dried gelatin gel powder, and silk fibroin. 

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