INDEX 



Absorption, intestinal, 319 

 Absorption of fatty acids, 320 

 Accessory food factors, 200 

 Acetic acid : 



bacterial formation of, 363. 377 



in fat metabolism, 337 



in porpbyrin syntbesis, 351 



in steroid synthesis, 340 



in vinegar, 163 



metabolic reactions of, 339 



yeast formation of, 363, 379 

 Acetoacetic acid : 



formation in ketosis. 339 



from amino acids, 354 



from fat catabolism. 338, 339 

 Acetohacier suboxijdans : 



growth factors for, 359 



oxidation of glucose Ijy, 364 



oxidation of sorbitol by, 37 



products of, 363 

 Acctobacter xijlinum, 378 

 Acetoin, formation of, 383 

 Acetolactic acid, 383 

 Acetone : 



formation of, 377, 384 



from fat catabolism, 339 

 Acetylation of amines, 340 

 Acetylcholine, 340 

 Acetylmethyl carbinol, 85 

 Achlorhydria, 314 

 Acid-base balance of foods, 181 

 Acidity, active, 167 

 Acidity, active vs. total, 162, 163 

 Acidity, total : 



determination in biological materials, 

 166 



measurement of, 163 

 Acidosis, during ketosis, 339 

 Aconitase. 266 

 c'(.s-Aconitic acid, 331 

 Acrolein test, 88 

 Acromegaly, 305 

 ACTH, 291, 305 



peptide nature, 292 



properties of, 307 

 Actidione, 366 



Addison's disease, symptoms of, 291 

 Adenase, 265 

 Adenine : 



formula of, 154 



metabolism of, 155 



nucleic acids and, 154-159 

 Adenosine, 156 

 Adenosine diphosphate (ADP), 158 



amount in muscles, 418 



enzymes and, 267 



relation to energetics, 416—418 



Adenosine diphosphate (Cont.) : 



role in carbohydrate metabolism, 324- 

 326 

 Adenosine monophosphate, 158 

 Adenosine tripliosphate (ATP) : 



amount in muscles, 418 



energy from, 415-417 



enzymes and, 267 



formation during hydrogen transport, 

 420-422 



formation in plants, 405 



formula of, 158 



relation to carbohydrate metabolism, 

 323-329 

 Adenylic acid : 



linkages in, 156 



muscle, 158 



with nucleic acids, 156, 157 

 ADP (see Adenosine diphosphate) 

 Adrenal cortex, hormones of, 290 

 Adrenal cortical hormones : 



deficiency of, symptoms, 291 



excess of, symptoms, 291 

 Adi-enal medulla, 287 

 Adrenal steroids, 290 

 Adrenaline (see Epinephrine) 

 Adrenocorticotropic hormone, 291, 305 

 Adsorption chromatography, 390 

 Aeration, effect on yeast growth, 361, 



370 

 Aerobacter aerogenes, 364, 377 

 Agar, 67 



Alanine, formula of, 116 

 P-Alanine, 359 

 Alanyl-glycine, 129, 131 

 Albumins : 



amino acid content, 124 



crystalline, 105 



in common foods, 108 



properties of, 110 

 Alcaptonuria, 350 

 . Alcohol dehydrogenase, 204, 268 

 Alcoholism, with polyneuritis, 228 

 Aldehyde groups, Schiff test for, 25, 27 

 Aldobiuronic acids, 21 

 Aldohexoses, stereoisomers of. 24 

 Aldolase, 266 

 Aldolase, amino acid composition, 125, 



260 

 Aldonic acids, formation of, 36 

 Aldopentoses, stereoisomers of, 23 

 Aldoses. 19, 22 

 Aldotetrose, 20 

 Aldotriose, 20 

 Alginic acid, 65 

 Alkali disease, 195 

 Allose, 24 

 Alloxan, 302 

 Altrose, 24 

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