During the healing process of experimental wound which is furnished on the back of rabbit, the β-glucuronidase activity in serum inereased while the excretion of gtucuronic acid into urine decreased with as well as without administration of extra glucuronic acid. Also some beneficial effects of glucuronic acid was observed on the healing activity of the wound.
Further investigation was made to prove the conjugation of anthranilic acid as glucuronide in normal skin, and the glucuronide content of granulation tissue was found to be slightly less than that of normal skin.

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Effects of the composition of diet on the activity of intestinal alkaline phosphatase were investigated, and high protein diet was found to make most remarkable increase. By feeding of the basal diet, the activity of the alkaline phosphatase of intestinal juice was found to be higher than that of the intestine, while by feeding of high carbohydrate diet it was lower on the contrary.
Excision of adrenal made significant decrease in phosphatase activity of intestinal juice.

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On the previous reports the results of expriments on the effect of storage on vitamin contents of the cabbage, onion, potato, chinese cabbage, and spinach were described, and in this those about the same effect on the Japanese persimmon, mandarin orange, and apple were cited.
The fruits were stored in the ice-box during the experimental period of 42 days for Japanese persimmons, 98 days for mandarin oranges and 150 days for apples and the contents of carotene, thiamine, riboflavin, and ascorbic acid in the edible part of these fruits were estimated chemically at regular intervals.
Of the Japanese persimmon contents of carotene, thiamine and riboflavin were rather increased during 6 weeks of storage then decreased rapidly, while that of ascorbic acid kept slow decreasing from the begining of the storage.
Of the mandarin orange no significant decreases were found on vitamin contents during 12 weeks' storage.
Of the apple thiamine content had no change during 10 weeks, then began to increase, but riboflavin content showed no significant change through the expriment, while ascorbic acid decreased after 4 weeks' storage.

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In our previous papers (1st-8th), it was reported on the quality, vitamins, protein and amino acids, digestibility and milk production value of the wheat germ and on the methods of utilization of it, and in this paper the results of further experiments were described.
When the wheat germ or its oil in combination with antioxidants was added to the butter or the rancid soybean oil which was enriched with vitamin A, the vitamin A in these could be more stabilized as compared with the single addition of these.
The effect of the germ, its oil, and antioxidants on the stabilization of vitamin A contained in these samples were nearly proportional to their preventive activity against the increases of peroxide and Kreis reaction values.

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We have examined the changes of the phosphorylase and β-amylase activities together with reducing sugars and the other constituents in the roots and leaves of sweet potatoes to study the mechanisms of the synthesis and degradation of starch in the higher plants at different stages of growth. Two species of sweet potatoes, Norin No. 1 and Gokoku, were set on June 15th in 1955 at the Mie University Farm, and offered to us at intervals of 2 weeks in September and October and at intervals of a month in November and December.
The results were as follows.
(1) While the phosphorylase activities both in tubers and leaves were found to increase gradually with growth and later to begin to decrease as the havest time was approached, the β-amylase activity was found to increase continuously in tubers through over the assay periods but to decrease in leaves in the earlier stage of growth and increase later.
The phosphorylase and amylase activities in sweet potato roots and leaves appear to be controlled by different manners.
(2) The seasonal differences of ascorbic acid contents seemed to relate with α-amylase activity at the earlier stage of growth, but thereafter became to run inversely.
(3) The reducing sugars decreased in leaves but increased markedly in roots during growth.
(4) The catalase activity in leaves was much higher than that of roots and increased with growth.
(5) We could find no difference between the used two species of sweet potatoes, Gokoku and Norin No. 1, set at the same time, regarding the seasonal changes of the contents of any of the above constituents.

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As previously reported, the total excretion of calcium, phosphorous, iron and copper showed remarkable increase in rachitic animal, while that of potassium and sodium decreased on the contrary. Further investigation was made on tht content of these elements in bone and liver of rachitic animal, and was found that calcium and phosphorous content is remarkably less than that of normal animal, while potassium content is greater. Iron and copper content of liver of rachitic animal is more than that of normal animal, while that of bone is less on the contrary.

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The iron, copper and calcium content of the kindney of experimental rachitic animal is more than that of normal animal, and the phosphorous content of well nourished rachitic animal is slightly less than that of normal animal, while slightly greater in the case of undernourished rachitic animal.
The potassium content of the kidney of rachitic animal and the sodium content of undernorished rachitic animal are significantly less than that of normal animal, while the phosphorous, calcium, sodium and potassium content of intestinal wall do not show regular fluctuation.

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The mordibity of angular stomatitix was investigated among primary and middle school students in the sections of a village in Miyagi prefecture and in Sendai City, dividing the latter into three classes according to the living grade, and it was observed that the unbalanced diet caused by too much comsumption of rice is an important factor in getting angular stomatitis.

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