The Indian Journal of Medical Research October 1951

SOCIETY OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTS INDIA AIMS AND OBJECTS The Aims and Objects of the Society are to co-ordinate the work of Biological Chemists in various parts of India ; hold meetings for discussion of important topics of scientific Interest and for presentation of origins papers ; publish annual reviews abstracts of biochemical work done in India and monographs on special aspects of Biological C [...] Space will be allotted in relation to the nature of a paper the amount of original observation included and the relative importance of the work. [...] (b) The bulk of a paper should consist of a record of the original observations actually made in connection with the investigation the result of which is reported. [...] Illustrative matter should not be sent in the form of unarranged drawings or photographs but be definitely arranged or allocated by the author as so many text figures or plates as the case may be having due regard to the size and shape of the page of the Journal and the capacity of the drawings or photos for reduction. [...] In order to know if the trigonelline and nicotinuric-acid values of other varieties of pulses and cereals are also affected in a similar way during germination trigonelline and nicotinuric-acid values have been estimated in ten varieties of pulses and in three varieties of cereals.