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INDEX 



Chain reactions, catalytic (cf. Fer- 

 mentation, Tricarboxylic cycle), 



336, 338 

 prebiological evolution of, 359- 



85 

 Chain reactions, ionic, 335-9 

 Chemoautotrophs 



metabolism, 110, 263, 408-12, 450-5 



not primitive, 113, 408-10 

 Chlorophyll, 360-1, 408, 442-3 

 Christianity, 8-13 

 Coacervates, 303-21, 340-1, 351-9, 



363. 371-3. 376, 385. 390 

 Coenzyme A, 201, 208, 265, 334, 



361, 415-7, 428-9, 464 

 Comets, 124-5 

 Core of the Earth, 121, 125, 128, 



140, 142, 168 

 Cosmic dust, 52-3, 56-9, 117-8, 124-5, 



133-7 

 Cytoplasm, 86, 271-2, 312-4, 379-80 



Epicurus, 3, 4 



Evolution, biological, 114, 239-40, 

 260-1, 285, 350-1, 363, 373, 388, 



397-476 

 Evolution, chemical 



in the atmospliere, 153, 162-4, 



175-85. 335-6 

 in the hydrosphere, 97-8, 153, 



166-7, 185-8, 195-217, 259-61 

 in the lithosphere, 165-75 

 Evolution, prebiological, 24, 74-5, 



78-9, 92-102, 260-1, 287-90, 



301-2, 319-20, 338-41, 347-93 



Fermentation, 263, 364, 398 



alcoholic, 337, 375-6, 383, 386, 



420-8 

 butyiic, 417, 428 

 extracellular, 375-7, 383 

 lactic, 420, 428-9, 434 

 other forms, 428 



Darwin, Charles, 32-3, 75, 79, 289 

 Democritus, 3-4 

 Descartes, 16 

 Dimitrii Rostovskii, 11 

 Dusch, T., 26, 28-9 



Electric discharges, 79-80, 97, 163-4, 

 166, 175-80, 183-5, 197. 203, 

 205, 333, 335 

 Empedocles, 3, 260-1 

 Energy of activation, 175, 365-8, 



387, 421, 470 

 Energy metabolism (cf. Glycolytic 

 systems), 381-3, 386-8, 391-2, 399- 

 404, 409-13, 419-37 

 Engels, F., 33-4, 46, 92, 230-1, 348-9 

 Enzymes 



abiogenesis, 93-7, 217, 261-2 

 active centres of, 247, 250-3, 372 

 co-ordination, 364-6, 374-85 

 enzyme-substrate complex, 237, 



250-1, 336, 368-70 

 evolution, 261, 369-73, 401-2 

 localisation of, 380-1 

 prosthetic groups, 245-7, 366. 369, 



372, 403, 439-43, 454, 471 

 protein nature, 233-5, 245-52, 



255. 259, 366-7 

 specificity, 367-83 

 in stationary systems, 327-9, 331 



Gay-Lussac, J. L., 25, 30 

 Genes, 95-6, 99, 339 

 Germinal plasm, 85 

 Glycolytic systems 



mechanisms, 263-4, 386-7, 420-31 



in various organisms, 114, 263, 

 414, 431-6 



oxidative, 467-70 



universality, 388, 426 

 Goose trees, 12-3 



Haeckel, E., 34, 77-8, 82 



Haemoglobin, 439-40 



Harvey, 16 



Hegel, 24 



van Helmont, 15-6, 35, 44 



Heterotrophic metabolism 



in various organisms, 406-11, 414, 



444-5 

 primitiveness, 113-5, 399"4oo, 402, 

 418 

 High-energy compounds 

 abiogenic synthesis of, 207-9 

 localisation, 271-2, 381 

 in metabolism, 100, 114, 264-6, 

 387, 391, 411, 416, 421-6, 457, 

 460-1 

 Homunculus, 12-5 



Hormones, 233-5, 243-5, 252, 255, 

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