a cell organelle containing catalase, peroxidase, and other oxidative enzymes and performing essential metabolic functions, as the decomposition of fatty acids and hydrogen peroxide.
Sponsored Topics. Ruthven is a city in Palo Alto County, Iowa, United States. The population was 711 at the 2000 census. Ruthven is located at 43Â°7â²50â³N 94Â°54â²1â³W / 43.13056Â°N 94.90028Â°W / 43.13056; -94.90028 (43.130448, -94.900207). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.4 square miles (1.1 kmÂ²), all of it land.
A farm at McKnight and Bonhomme roads in St. Louis County in 1925, the year before the annexation vote. About 60 percent of the county's 100,737 residents in 1920 lived with two miles of the St. Louis city limit. There were only 13 municipalities in the county, most of which remained rural. The site of this farm is near today's Ruth Park in University City. County population more than doubled in 1930 to 211,593.