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Rawlings, J. O. (1988) Applied Regression Analysis: A Research Tool. Wadsworth and Brooks/Cole. Example 8.4, page 219. (Rawlings cites the original source as the files of the late Dr Gertrude M Cox.)
If you recall the address by Police Historian Gary Presland at the Annual General Meeting in March 2005 you may be interested in this item from Volume 6 of "Historical Records of Victoria" edited by Michael Cannon and Ian McFarlane. On page 201 there is this reference:
Of Cabbages and Chemistry The humble cabbage has noble chemical merit. The juice from red cabbage turns pink when mixed with an acid, turns green when mixed with a base, and remains purple when mixed with a neutral substance. What a chemical canvas!
Verificou-se que a adição 10% de polpa cítrica (PC) ou milho moído (MM) elevou o teor de matéria seca da massa a ser ensilada, bem como da silagem, em 6,5 e 8,0 unidades percentuais, respectivamente.
Cabbage is from a group of plants known as the cole crops. Cole crops are in the Brassicaceae (mustard) family, formerly called Cruciferae (because their flowers are crossed-shaped).
Larvae are light to dark green and sometimes have white stripes on the back and sides. Mature larvae are about 35 mm long. Only two pairs of prolegs occur on the abdomen, compared with four pairs on the cutworms and armyworms. Adults are gray miller moths.
Cyclobrassinin is a biologically derived product of the oxidative cyclization of brassinin, and was as active as the parent compound in inhibiting the formation of preneoplastic mammary lesions in culture; however, 2-methyibrassinin was not significantly active in this process.