Klarinet Archive - Posting 000907.txt from 1997/03

From: "Diane Karius, Ph.D." <dikarius@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: What's so special about cane?
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 17:00:47 -0500

Scott D. Morrow wrote:

> I'm personally waiting for reeds made of sugar cane....
>

The sad thing is that if you can taste the sugar, I can guarantee that
the salivary amylase that we've talked about so much is happily
digesting your reeds :-(
(since that would imply disruption of the cell wall (cellulose) and
once you're past that, there's a whole of stuff that amylase would
happily chew on)

Diane R. Karius, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
University of Health Sciences
2105 Independence Ave. Kansas City, MO
64124 email: dikarius@-----.EDU