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.
Wever lies along U.S. Route 61, about 8 miles northeast of the city of Fort Madison, the county seat of Lee County. It is just South of the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant and the Skunk River, which empties further East into the Mississippi River. . Its elevation is 561 feet (171 m).