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Anti-DNP antibody was specifically purified from hyperimmune anti-DNP-BGG sheep antiserum. The antibody was fractionated on DEAE-cellulose. Two components belonging to different immunoglobulin classes were isolated and designated IgS (slow) and IgF (fast) on account of their relative electrophoretic mobility. The molecular size of both antibodies is the same and it is similar to that of human IgG. IgS induces homologous anaphylactic reactions (PCA) and does not fix complement in the classical way. IgF fixes complement and is not anaphylactic for the sheep. The biologic activities of IgS are not destroyed by treatment with 2-mercaptoethanol. The skin sensitization obtained with IgS does not persist more than 2 hr.

Lysis of fibrin in tissue culture has been shown to be due to plasminogen activator identified immunologically as urokinase. The present study examines fibrinolytic events in culture, particularly mechanisms leading to increased urokinase levels and accelerated fibrinolysis. Deposition of fibrin on cells in culture was followed by a two- to six-fold increase in urokinase in the supernates and rapid disappearance of the fibrin. Investigation of factors that might be responsible for these events (including fibrin, fibrinogen, vasoactive stimuli, and the enzymes thrombin and plasmin) indicated that the enhanced urokinase yields were mediated through plasmin and thrombin. Study of the possible modes of action of thrombin and plasmin indicated that these enzymes are capable of acting on the cells themselves as well as on cell-produced material. The effect on cells was manifested by mitotic activity or, occasionally, cell injury and death. Although these effects influenced urokinase levels, enhanced yields were explained best by the action of enzymes on cellproduced material. Studies with plasmin and thrombin, and also trypsin, indicated that proteolytic enzymes may act in various ways—affect the stability of urokinase, interfere with inhibition of urokinase by naturally occurring inhibitor(s), and induce urokinase activity from inactive material. Plasma and thrombin appeared to act primarily through the latter mechanism. Inactive material, which gave rise to urokinase upon exposure to proteolytic enzymes and which may represent urokinase precursor, was found in cultures of kidney, lung, spleen, and thyroid. Urokinase in such inactive state appears to be readily accessible to activation by enzymes, particularly plasmin and thrombin, thus facilitating removal of fibrin and possibly also providing pathways to excessive fibrinolysis.

Preparações feitas com exsudato de plantas de fumo, girassol, picão, erva--de-Santa-Maria, cordão-de-frade, fedegoso. Chenopodium amaranticolor e Physalis floridana, sadias e infectadas pelo vínis do mosaico do picão, foram examinadas ao microscópio electrônico. Partículas com comprimento normal aproximado de 720 mm x 12-13 mm, foram encontradas nos exsudatos das oito espécies, quando afetadas, mas não nos das plantas sadias, testemunhas. Tais partículas são consideradas como sendo o vírus causador do mosaico do picão. Electron microscopical observations were made on exudates obtained from plants of Bidrus pilosa, Chenopodium amaranticolor Leonolis nepaetifolia, Helianthus annums. Nicotiana tabucum, Cassia occidentalis, Chenopodium ambrosioides, and Physalis floridona infected with a virus that induces mosaic on the first named species. The presenes of a flexible thread with a normal length 720 mm. x 12-13 mm was recorded in the exudates from the: diseased plants, but not in those from the healthy ones, and is considered to represent the causal virus.

A modification of the previously described method for the preparation of Fraction H from hog pituitary glands by alkaline extraction, fractional precipitation with acetone, and chromatography on IRC-50 resin is presented. The yield is 8 mg. per gram of lyophilized hog pituitary glands. As little as 0.125 mg. of Fraction H causes a 6 fold rise in the serum free fatty acid level, and as little as 3 mg. causes a 4 fold increase in the serum total lipid level of the rabbit. Fraction H prepared b}r this method contains 0.8% growth hormone, 0.007%, oxytocin, 0.00005% melanocyte-stimulating hormone, and no detectable amount of the other 6 recognized pituitary hormones. The active substance in Fraction H is inactivated by trypsin or by exposure to 0.1N NaOH at 100° C, is non-dialyzable, and is insoluble in 5% trichloracetic acid. The biologic activity of Fraction H is not diminished by digestion with pepsin or by exposure to 0.1N HC1 at 100° C. The active substance or substances in the peptic digest of Fraction H...

A antracnose da mangueira, molestia causada pelo fungo Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Penz., e considerada de importância em todo o lugar onde a mangueira e cultivada, pelos prejuizos que acarreta. O fungo da antracnose pode viver como saprofita e frutificar abundantemente nos galhos secos das plantas, nas folhas e frutos secos caidos debaixo das arvores, apos a colheita, constituindo focos de infeccao. Pode hibernar por todo o periodo seco, ate que condicoes climaticas favoraveis, chuvas e elevacao de tem­peratura, ocorram, coincidindo com o aparecimento de tecidos novos, das folhas e inflorescencias. Surgem, entao, os primeiros sintomas da molestia, em forma de mancha nas folhas e cresta-mento das inflorescencias, seguido pelo secamento dos pedun-culos, impedindo a formacao de frutos. Os frutos pequenos sao facilmente invadidos pelo fungo, que pode permanecer em laten-cia, ate que amadurecam, ocasionando-lhes a podridao interna, que os torna imprestaveis para o consumo. Quando as condicoes de umidade prevalecem, ha o aparecimento de manchas, que po­dem tomar o fruto todo, com abundante esporulacao do fungo. Cs frutos formados "de vez" e maduros podem apresentar man­chas negras de diversos tipos, deprimidas, rachadas ou coalescen-tes, cobrindo grandes areas. A molestia acarreta prejuizos tanto na producao como na qualidade dos frutos, impedindo-lhes a comercializacao. Para evita-la, uma medida necessaria e a eliminacao dos focos de infeccao e a protecao dos tecidos novos, com fungicidas, na oca­siao em que as condicoes climaticas se tornam favoraveis ao ata­que do fungo. Nossa literatura tem recomendado para este fim a aplicacao de calda bordalesa a 1% e 1,2% (

Human tissues and cells from pre- and postnatal life were cultivated and studied for plasminogen activator activity. Cultures were obtained from kidney, renal blood vessels, ureter, bladder, lung, and heart. Local activator activity of cells was demonstrated by histochemical techniques. Activator released by cells into the supernatant culture media was assayed by fibrin plate techniques and was investigated for immunological identity using specific antisera to an activator of human origin, urokinase (UK). Plasminogen activator was produced in primary cultures where cells retain specific functions and generally reflect the enzyme pattern of the tissues of origin. Cells from fetal and adult sources were found to yield activator antigenically identical to UK, as well as activator activity which differed from that of UK in immunoassays and which may represent tissue type activator. Such activity was released after injury or death of cells while UK was produced in cultures containing live, metabolizing cells. Primary cultures of kidney confirmed that this organ is a rich source of UK and demonstrated, in addition, that UK is produced from the early stages of gestation and in increasing amounts thereafter. However, primary cultures also demonstrated that the ability to produce UK is not limited to the kidney but is a function of cells which are distributed widely in body tissues. Thus, activator antigenically identical to UK accumulated progressively after many refeedings in culture supernates of fetal lung and ureter, as well as in supernates of renal blood vessels of adults. These findings indicate continuous formation of UK by the cultured cells and, furthermore, provide evidence of UK production in blood vessels. In cultures from other tissues, particularly those from fetal heart and adult lung and bladder, investigation of activator was hindered by inhibitory activity which accumulated in the supernates. Such activity was derived from cells in culture and was directed selectively against UK, indicating that inhibitor as well as UK are produced by cells of various organs of the body. Plasminogen activator also was produced by serially propagated cells, diploid and heteroploid. However, only diploid cell lines retained activator activity of the original tissues and continued to produce activator antigenically identical to UK. In contrast, heteroploid line appeared to have lost the ability to form UK by yielded activator activity that differed from that of UK in immunoassays. Serially propagated cells thus provide an additional tool for in vitro study of plasminogen activator and may facilitate investigation of the fibrinolytic system in man.

Certas moléstias de vírus e o efeito fitotóxico provocado por toxinas de alguns insetos influenciam a composição mineral das fôlhas de plantas afetadas. As alterações provocadas podem se assemelhar a deficiências minerais puramente nutricionais e, em certos casos, há realmente menor teor do elemento associado aos sintomas da moléstia. A aplicação do elemento faltante nos casos citados não provoca geralmente recuperação dos tecidos afetados, com exceção da deficiência de zinco associada à infecção de citros pela tristeza. É sugerido que a resposta à aplicação do elemento em deficiência dependerá de ser ou não esta, sintoma primário ou secundário da moléstia. É salientado que as recomendações sôbre adubação, baseadas nos resultados da diagnose foliar, deverão sempre considerar a possibilidade de não serem as deficiências constatadas resultantes sempre da falta de disponibilidade do elemento no solo, mas, possivelmente, da interferência de fatôres como a infecção por vírus, ação de toxina de inseto etc.Virus diseases or the toxicogenic effect induced by insect feeding influence the mineral content of affected plants. Some of the changes induced result in leaf deficiencies similar to those associated with lack of the available element in the soil. Application of the lacking element in most cases does not promote a favorable response with exception of the zinc deficiency associated with tristeza infection in citrus. It is suggested that the negative or positive response might depend on the symptom being primary or secondary. It is pointed out that fertilizer recommendations based on foliar diagnosis should always take into consideration that the deficiencies encountered are not necessarily theresult of lack of the available element in thesoil, but sometimes of the interference of virus diseases, insect toxins, and other factors.

A previous study showed that the injection of a crude extract of hog pituitarjr glands in the rabbit causes a 10- to 15-fold increase in the serum free fatty acid (FFA) concentration within 2 hours. In the present investigation the effect of purified preparations of 9 pituitary hormones, including the recently described pituitary component “Fraction H” (which has previously been shown to be different from the recognized pituitary hormones), upon the rabbit’s serum FFA level was studied. The following hormone preparations were found to have no effect upon the serum FFA concentration: bovine GH (10 mg.), TSH (8.3 mg.), prolactin (10 mg.), FSH (10 mg.), and oxytocin (30 units). The following hormone preparations caused a modest increase in the rabbit’s serum FFA level 2 hours after the injection: porcine GH (Raben-Westermeyer preparation) (5 mg.), ICSH (10 mg.), and vasopressin (40 units). Purified ACTH and Fraction H were highly active in increasing the rabbit’s serum FFA concentration. After the injection ...

Summary. Plasma fibrinogen and its degradation products (FDP) were examined in mice given single injections of Ancrod, the purified coagulative fraction of Malayan pit viper venom previously called Arvin. Clottable fibrinogen had disappeared completely 5 min after the injection and slowly reappeared 12 hr later. At least 2 FDP appeared in the plasma 30 min after the injections while 5 hr later only one FDP was present which corresponded to human fragment E. This was in contrast to in vitro lysis of mouse fibrinogen which yielded two late FDP corresponding to human fragments D and E. The fibrinolytic system also was examined in the plasma of these animals. 30 min after the injection, plasminogen was decreased in amount but increased in susceptibility to activation by urokinase. Transient, modest increases in fibrinolytic activity were evident in diluted plasma samples 1 hr and again 8 hr after the injections. Inhibitors of fibrinolysis did not differ from those in normal mice. These observations are correlated with our previous immunofluorescent and histochemical studies on these and other animals. The present data support our earlier conclusion that fibrinolysis within small vessels of the tissues is of major importance in the reaction to Ancrod.

É relatado o caso de uma paciente com 6 anos de idade, hospitalizada com síndrome de hipertensão intracraniana. Após o exame neuro-radiológico que evidenciou processo expansivo frontal direito, a paciente foi submetida à cirurgia, durante a qual ocorreu o óbito. O exame histo-patológico do material retirado durante o ato operatório, permitiu o diagnóstico de neurocitoma, tumor raro no sistema nervoso central.The case of a six years old female with intracranial hypertension is reported. After neuro-radiological examination which showed a frontal expansive process at the right side of the brain the patient was operated and died during this intervention. The hystopathological examination of the part of the tissue removed from the tumor revealed a neurocytoma, a rare tumor of the central nervous system.

Das quatro moléstias de vírus encontradas até agora nos plantações de algodoeiros no Estado de São Paulo - o mosaico comum (mosaico do Abutilon), o mosaico das nervuras, o mosaico causado pelo virus da necrose branca do fumo e o vermelhão ou antocianose, só a última é de importância econômica. Medidas de controle para esta, baseadas na destruição do inseto vector - o pulgão do algodoeiro (Aphis gossypii) - são preconizadas.Four virus diseases can be encountered in. cotton plantings (Gossypimn hirsutum) in the state of São Paulo: (a) common yellow mosaic due to the Abutilon mosaic virus; (b) vein mosaic due to an unidentified virus; (c) green mosaic induced by the Brazilian tobacco streak virus and (d) cotton anthocyanosis due to o persistent virus transmitted by the cotton or melon aphid, Aphis gossypii. Cotton yellow mosaic occurs in all plantings, but the percentage of infected plants is usually low; vein mosaic is of rare occurrence; percentage of infection with green mosaic can be high late in the season. The theree types of mosaic are of minor importance under most conditions, no control measure being necessary. Cotton anthocyanosis is at present the most important virus disease of this plant in São Paulo. Late in the season practically all plants become infected. Seed treatment with systemic insecticides and field spraying after the effect of the seed treatment wears off are recommended to reduce aphid infestation and therefore minimize secondary spread of the disease.

Summary Adult colonic mucosa from both normal colons and those affected by ulcerative colitis can be grown successfully in tissue culture. Bacterial contamination is not a serious problem and all types of cells remain viable f or varying periods of time. Time lapse cinematography permits long term observation of the survival, growth, and behavior of individual cells of the colonic mucosa in tissue culture preparations.

Verificou-se a ocorrência de estirpes do vírus do grupo denominado mosqueado («strawberry mottle») em plantações de morangueiro no Estado de São Paulo. Variedades antigas, como a Dr. Morère. acham-se totalmente infetatas. sendo portadoras sem sintomas. Alguns clones novos plantados apenas por poucos anos em campo, já se acham parcialmente infetados, indicando que há transmissão da moléstia sob condições naturais. Sintomas de palidez das nervuras, mosqueado, paralisação no crescimento e encrespamento são apresentados por plantas de Fragaria vesca infetadas pelos vírus dêsse grupo. Numerosas espécies de plantas-teste habituais foram inoculadas com diferentes isolados do vírus, por meio do vetor, mas os resultados foram geralmente negativos. Afídios virulíferos, colonizados sôbre plantas novas de Cassia accidentalis, Chenopodiam quinoa, Leonotis nepaetifolia e Leonurus sibiricus. induziram o aparecimento de sintomas. Não se conseguiu retransmitir o vírus dessas espécies para F. vesca, existindo, portanto, dúvidas sôbre a verdadeira identidade do vírus que infetava tais plantas. O vírus do mosqueado não foi aparentemente transmitido pela semente. Também não se mostrou transmissível mecânicamente para Frogaria vesca. O virus obtido por inoculação com o vetor em Chenopodium quinoa e que se supõe ser o do mosqueado, pôde se transmitido mecânicamente de C. quinoa para C. quinoa. mas não para F. vesca. O pulgão Pentatrichopus fragaefolii mostrou-se eficiente vetor do mosqueado, conseguindo-se obter em média mais de 50% de infecção em infestações com 1 afidio por planta. Aphis gossypii também transmitiu o vírus do mosqueado, mas com muito menor eficiência. Não se conseguiu transmitir o mosqueado com uma espécie de Cuscuta que ocorre comumeute em Campinas. Em testes de transmissão por enxertia de fôlhas, os resultados foram muito fracos devido ao mau pegamento. O pulgão Pentatrichopus fragaefolii tornou-se vírulífero quando alimentado em planta infetada por 30 minutos. Com o aumento no período de alimentação na fonte de vírus aumentou a eficiência de transmissão. Insetos virulíferos foram capazes de infetar plantas sadias quando alimentados sôbre elas por 15 minutos. Insetos virulíferos alimentados por 1 hora em planta sadia ainda retinham o vírus. Após 6 horas de alimentação já não mais o retinham. The ocurrence of virus strains similar to those of the strawberry mottle virus has been recorded in several strawberry plantings in the state of São Paulo. Old, standard varieties are symptomless carriers and are usually 100 per cent infected. Some new clones, representing various crosses, were partly infected after a Few plantings in the field. The symptoms induced by die virus on Fragaria uesca seedlings were vein clearing, crinkling, and stunting. Most of the virus isolates seemed to resemble curly dwarf. Studies on host range carried out by means of the vector gave mostly negative results, but symptoms were obtained on Cassia occidentalis, Chenopodium quinoa, Leonotis nepaetifolia, and Leonorus sibiricus Although this happened when inoculations were made with different sources of the strawberry mottle virus, it cannot be stated with certainty that the symptoms obtained on these four species were really caused by the mottle virus, since it was possible that the original sources contained another virus. The strawberry mottle virus was transmitted efficiently by Pentatrichopus fragaefolii and only occasionally by Aphis gossypii. Seed transmission was negative. Tests on mechanical inoculation were also negative. However, the virus obtained on Chenopodium quinoa plants by means of the vector could be transmitted mechanically to seedlings of the same species, but not to Fragaria vesca. A local species of Cuscuta did not transmit the mottle virus and transmission with leaf scions grafted on leaves was generally low because of poor take. Pentatrichopus fragaefolii became infective after feeding 30 minutes on the virus source. Its efficiency apparently increased as the feeding time on the virus source increased. Viruliferous vectors were able to infect healthy plants in 15 minutes. Virus was retained by viruliferous vectors after feeding on a healthy plant for one hour. After a 6-hour feeding period the insects lost infectivity.

Four virus diseases can be encountered in. cotton plantings (Gossypimn hirsutum) in the state of Sao Paulo: (a) common yellow mosaic due to the Abutilon mosaic virus; (b) vein mosaic due to an unidentified virus; (c) green mosaic induced by the Brazilian tobacco streak virus and (d) cotton anthocyanosis due to o persistent virus transmitted by the cotton or melon aphid, Aphis gossypii. Cotton yellow mosaic occurs in all plantings, but the percentage of infected plants is usually low; vein mosaic is of rare occurrence; percentage of infection with green mosaic can be high late in the season. The theree types of mosaic are of minor importance under most conditions, no control measure being necessary. Cotton anthocyanosis is at present the most important virus disease of this plant in Sao Paulo. Late in the season practically all plants become infected. Seed treatment with systemic insecticides and field spraying after the effect of the seed treatment wears off are recommended to reduce aphid infestation and therefore minimize secondary spread of the disease.

Experimentos relativos à purificação do vírus da necrose branca do fumo, em geral instável aos processos de purificação, mostraram ser possível obter preparações razoàvelmente homogêneas partindo-se de plantas por êle infetadas. O processo de purificação constou de uma clarificação preliminar através da adsorção de diversos componentes do suco de planta, ao qual foi adicionado dietilditiocarbamato de sódio a 0,1 M e tampão de fosfato pH 8,0 e a 0,1 M em fosfato hidradatado de cálcio, seguida de ultracentrifugações diferenciais. Os resultados das purificações a partir de Nicotiana tabacum L. var. xanthi, Solanum nigrum L. e Datura stramonium L. doentes, mostraram-se consistentes com respeito à presença de pellets após duas ultracentrifugações, o mesmo não acontecendo com as plantas contrôles. Tais preparações apresentaram infetuosidade até o terceiro dia após a extração do suco. Exames ao microscópio eletrônico das suspensões das pellets acima mencionadas em água destilada, mostraram a existência de partículas esferóides com um diâmetro ao redor de 50 milimicra. Injeções em coelho, via íntravenosa, num total de 7 doses de 2-3 ml de suspensão do vírus da necrose branca do fumo, preparadas diariamente pelo processo já referido, mas com uma só ultracentrifugação, provocaram a formação de anticorpos para o mesmo, conforme se pôde constatar pelos testes de precipitina de difusão em ágar.This work presents the results of the purification of the Brazilian tobacco streak virus from material of different three host plant species. The procedure consisted of a preliminar clarification through the adsorption of several components of the juice from diseased plants extracted with phosphate buffer at pH 8,0, 0,1, M and sodium diethyl ditbio carbamate at 0,1 M on hidrated calcium phosphate and two or more ultracentrifugation cycles. Pellets were obtained from diseased Nicotiana tubacum L. var. xanthi Solanum nigrum L. and Datura stramonium and never from the healthy control plants after two ultracentrifugations. Suspension of such pellets in phosphate buffer and sodium diethyl ditio carbamate were infectious up to the third day after the juice extraction. The purified preparations when examined under electron microscope showed particles approximately spherical with a diameter around 50 mn. The preparations obtained after the clarification and one ultracentrifugation cycle when infected daily, intravenously, in one rabbit during 7 days promoted antibody formation to the Brazilian streak virus. The presence of antibody in the antiserum could be demonstrated in gel diffusion tests, but not in precipitin tests.

Verificou-se a ocorrência de estirpes do vírus do grupo denominado mosqueado («strawberry mottle») em plantações de morangueiro no Estado de São Paulo. Variedades antigas, como a Dr. Morère. acham-se totalmente infetatas. sendo portadoras sem sintomas. Alguns clones novos plantados apenas por poucos anos em campo, já se acham parcialmente infetados, indicando que há transmissão da moléstia sob condições naturais. Sintomas de palidez das nervuras, mosqueado, paralisação no crescimento e encrespamento são apresentados por plantas de Fragaria vesca infetadas pelos vírus dêsse grupo. Numerosas espécies de plantas-teste habituais foram inoculadas com diferentes isolados do vírus, por meio do vetor, mas os resultados foram geralmente negativos. Afídios virulíferos, colonizados sôbre plantas novas de Cassia accidentalis, Chenopodiam quinoa, Leonotis nepaetifolia e Leonurus sibiricus. induziram o aparecimento de sintomas. Não se conseguiu retransmitir o vírus dessas espécies para F. vesca, existindo, portanto, dúvidas sôbre a verdadeira identidade do vírus que infetava tais plantas. O vírus do mosqueado não foi aparentemente transmitido pela semente. Também não se mostrou transmissível mecânicamente para Frogaria vesca. O virus obtido por inoculação com o vetor em Chenopodium quinoa e que se supõe ser o do mosqueado, pôde se transmitido mecânicamente de C. quinoa para C. quinoa. mas não para F. vesca. O pulgão Pentatrichopus fragaefolii mostrou-se eficiente vetor do mosqueado, conseguindo-se obter em média mais de 50% de infecção em infestações com 1 afidio por planta. Aphis gossypii também transmitiu o vírus do mosqueado, mas com muito menor eficiência. Não se conseguiu transmitir o mosqueado com uma espécie de Cuscuta que ocorre comumeute em Campinas. Em testes de transmissão por enxertia de fôlhas, os resultados foram muito fracos devido ao mau pegamento. O pulgão Pentatrichopus fragaefolii tornou-se vírulífero quando alimentado em planta infetada por 30 minutos. Com o aumento no período de alimentação na fonte de vírus aumentou a eficiência de transmissão. Insetos virulíferos foram capazes de infetar plantas sadias quando alimentados sôbre elas por 15 minutos. Insetos virulíferos alimentados por 1 hora em planta sadia ainda retinham o vírus. Após 6 horas de alimentação já não mais o retinham.The ocurrence of virus strains similar to those of the strawberry mottle virus has been recorded in several strawberry plantings in the state of São Paulo. Old, standard varieties are symptomless carriers and are usually 100 per cent infected. Some new clones, representing various crosses, were partly infected after a Few plantings in the field. The symptoms induced by die virus on Fragaria uesca seedlings were vein clearing, crinkling, and stunting. Most of the virus isolates seemed to resemble curly dwarf. Studies on host range carried out by means of the vector gave mostly negative results, but symptoms were obtained on Cassia occidentalis, Chenopodium quinoa, Leonotis nepaetifolia, and Leonorus sibiricus Although this happened when inoculations were made with different sources of the strawberry mottle virus, it cannot be stated with certainty that the symptoms obtained on these four species were really caused by the mottle virus, since it was possible that the original sources contained another virus. The strawberry mottle virus was transmitted efficiently by Pentatrichopus fragaefolii and only occasionally by Aphis gossypii. Seed transmission was negative. Tests on mechanical inoculation were also negative. However, the virus obtained on Chenopodium quinoa plants by means of the vector could be transmitted mechanically to seedlings of the same species, but not to Fragaria vesca. A local species of Cuscuta did not transmit the mottle virus and transmission with leaf scions grafted on leaves was generally low because of poor take. Pentatrichopus fragaefolii became infective after feeding 30 minutes on the virus source. Its efficiency apparently increased as the feeding time on the virus source increased. Viruliferous vectors were able to infect healthy plants in 15 minutes. Virus was retained by viruliferous vectors after feeding on a healthy plant for one hour. After a 6-hour feeding period the insects lost infectivity.

Preparações feitas com exsudato de plantas de fumo, girassol, picão, erva--de-Santa-Maria, cordão-de-frade, fedegoso. Chenopodium amaranticolor e Physalis floridana, sadias e infectadas pelo vínis do mosaico do picão, foram examinadas ao microscópio electrônico. Partículas com comprimento normal aproximado de 720 mm x 12-13 mm, foram encontradas nos exsudatos das oito espécies, quando afetadas, mas não nos das plantas sadias, testemunhas. Tais partículas são consideradas como sendo o vírus causador do mosaico do picão.Electron microscopical observations were made on exudates obtained from plants of Bidrus pilosa, Chenopodium amaranticolor Leonolis nepaetifolia, Helianthus annums. Nicotiana tabucum, Cassia occidentalis, Chenopodium ambrosioides, and Physalis floridona infected with a virus that induces mosaic on the first named species. The presenes of a flexible thread with a normal length 720 mm. x 12-13 mm was recorded in the exudates from the: diseased plants, but not in those from the healthy ones, and is considered to represent the causal virus.

The effects of crude pituitary extract upon the serum and liver lipids of the rabbit were studied. A single injection of crude pituitary extract in the fed rabbit causes a rapid elevation of serum free fatty acid (FFA) concentration. Serum FFA level attains a maximum 2 hours after the injection and remains elevated for more than 18 hours after the injection. Liver fat concentration increases progressively during the entire 18 hour period after the injection. The concentrations of serum total lipid and triglyceride do not change until 8 to 12 hours after the injection, when a marked increase occurs. The increment of serum lipid 18 hours after the injection has the following composition: 85% triglyceride, 10% phospholipid, 5% cholesterol. A single hog anterior pituitary lobe has 5.4 times more lipemia-producing activity than a single hog posterior pituitary lobe. Lyophilized pituitary glands contain considerably more lipemia-producing activity than acetonedried pituitary glands. Lipemia-producing activity i...