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Index 



Progesterone and related com- 

 pounds, carbon-labelled, 4-11 



deuterium-labelled, 29-30, 35, 39, 

 40 



tritium-labelled, 32 

 Propanediol, in acetone metabolism, 



236-238 

 Propanol, and X-rays, 103 

 Propionic acid fermentation, 238- 



241, 243, 245 

 Proteins, 190-212 



in man, rate of synthesis, 190-202 

 Protoporphyrin. See Porphyrins. 

 Purines. See names of individual 



purines. 

 Pyrimidine nucleotides. See 



Nucleotides. 

 Pyrroles, 41-64 

 Pyruvate. See also Citric acid cycle. 



and insulin effect, 281 



in acetone metabolism, 232-238, 

 245 



Radiation. See also X-rays, 

 biological effects, 96-151 

 dose in autoradiography, 122-137 

 Red blood cells, fowl, 41-67, 82-83, 

 86-89 

 mammalian, 68-85 

 Ribonucleic acid. See also Nucleic 

 acids, 

 ionophoresis of nucleotides from, 



180-183 

 synthesis, effect of shock on, 119 

 from nucleosides and nucleo- 

 tides, 168-170 

 in Poly torn ella, 184-189 



Schmidt- Thannhauser procedure, 



153-154, 172-173, 175-183, 188-189 

 Schneider procedure, 177-179, 205 

 Serine, 218, 223, 227-245 

 Shock, 117, 119 

 Sodium (24Na), autoradiography, 



134-135 

 Sodium bicarbonate, and milk fat 



synthesis, 276-277 

 Sodium hydrosulphite, and X-rays, 



103-108, 110 

 Sodium thymonucleate, 120 

 Sperm, 111 



Spleen, biosynthesis of pyrimidine 

 nucleotides in, 159 



cholesterol synthesis in, 14-16 



splenic grafts, 111 



Squalene, 24-26 



Steroids, 4-40, 94. See also 



Cholesterol. 

 Succinic acid. See Citric acid cycle. 

 Sulphur (^^S), autoradiographs, 

 133-135, 144-145, 147 

 uptake by nuclei, 117, 118, 144- 

 145, 147, 151 

 Sulphydryl compounds, and X- 

 rays, 100-102 



Testosterone, deuterium-labelled, 



30-31, 35-38 

 Thymidylic acid, biosynthesis of, 



152-163 

 Thyroid, autoradiographs, 136 

 Thyroxine, 12 

 Tradescantia, 97, 110 

 Tricarboxylic acid cycle. See 



Citric acid cycle. 

 Trichloracetic acid extraction, 177- 



179, 205 

 Trioses, 220-223, 225 

 Tritium, 12, 32 

 Tumours, effect of X-rays, 114-121 



pyrimidine nucleotides in, 157-158 

 Tyrosine, biosynthesis in yeast, 213- 



226 



Urea pool and urea space, 193-198 

 Ureidosuccinic acid, 160 

 Uridylic acid, 152-163, 181-182 

 Uroporphyrin III, 42, 66 



L- Valine, and globin, 77-81 

 Vicia fabia, mitosis in, 138-151 

 Vinylacetic acid, 21 

 Virus, DNA from host, 161-162 



Water, total body, in humans, 196 

 Water, heavy, 14-16 



X-rays, effect on nucleic acid and 

 protein synthesis, 114-121, 145, 

 147, 151 

 chemical protection against, 96-111 



Yeast, synthesis of labelled com- 

 pounds by, 165-166, 213-226 



Zinc (^^Zn), label for red blood cells, 



83-84 



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