INDEX 



Acetaldehyde, and cholesterol, 17-24 

 Acetate, in acetone metabolism, 

 230-238, 242 

 in biosynthesis of amino-acids, 

 213-218 

 of cholesterol, 17-27 

 of fatty acids, 258-282 

 of porphyrins, 49-67, 87 

 in citric acid cycle, 253-255 

 Acetoacetate, and acetone metabo- 

 lism, 231-235 

 in cholesterol biosynthesis, 18-27 

 Acetone, in cholesterol biosynthesis, 

 19-20, 24-27, 245 

 metabolism of, 230-238, 242-243, 

 245 

 Adenine, 149-150, 170-171, 174, 



211-212 

 Adenosine, 166-167 

 Adenylic acid, 166, 168-169, 181-182 

 Adrenal, and iron metabolism, 94 

 Alcohols, and X-rays, 100, 102, 103, 



106-108 

 Aldol, 21 

 Alpha particles, damage from, 



109-110 

 Altitude hypoxaemia, 91, 92, 95 

 Amethopterin, and purine syn- 

 thesis, 121 

 Amino-acids, 190-226 

 Anaemia, iron distribution in, 



91-92, 112-113 

 Androgens, deuterium-labelled, 30- 



31, 35-38 

 Aspartic acid, 163, 192, 202 

 Aspergilli, kojic acid synthesis, 224- 



225 

 Autoradiography, radiation dose 

 in, 122-137 

 steroid hormones, 5, 8, 10, 11 

 synthesis of DNA, 138-151 



Bacteria, protection against X-rays, 



96-111 

 Bilirubin turnover, 85 

 Blood transfusion, 68, 69, 84, 85 

 Bone marrow, hen, protein and 

 nucleic acid turnover, 205-206 

 human, iron uptake in disease, 

 91-93, 113 



Brain, DNA of, and phosphorus, 



150 

 British anti- lewisite (BAL), and 



X-rays, 100-102, 106-108, 110 



Calcium, in iron metabolism, 94-95 

 Carbohydrate metabohsm, 227-257 

 Carbon (^^C), 26, 204, 215-218, 229 

 Carbon ("C), autoradiograohy, 134- 

 135 

 in metabolism of amino-acids, 

 203-204, 213-225 

 of carbohydrates, 227-257 

 of fatty acids, 258-283 

 haemoglobin, 41-67, 72-81 

 nucleic acids, 121, 149-150, 



152-174, 211-212 

 steroids, 4-11, 17-27 

 Carbonic anhydrase, 83-84 

 Cholesterol, biosynthesis of, 17-27, 

 245 

 deuterium-labelled, 14-16, 32-35, 



39-40 

 in human spleen, 14-16 

 turnover in red blood cells, 72-74, 

 80 

 Chromatography, paper, and auto- 

 radiography, 5, 11 

 of nucleotides, 154-157, 163 

 Citric acid, asymmetric, 246-257 

 Citric acid cycle, 228, 245-257 

 effect of X-rays on, 108 

 identity of intermediates in, 



226 

 in biosynthesis of porphyrins, 



55-67 

 title of, 283-284 

 Cortisone, and fat synthesis, 23 

 ^ tritium-labelled, 32 

 Orotonic aldehyde, 21 

 Cysteine, and X-rays, 100-102 

 Cytidine, 168 

 Cytldylic acid, 152-163, 168, 169, 



181-182 

 Cytochrome C, 93 

 Cytoplasm, 181-183, 206-209 



Deoxycorticosterone acetate, re- 

 labelled, 7, 10 



285 



