INDEX 



455 



Enzymes (Cont.) : 



role in tissue oxidation, 281 



specificity, 272 



substrate complex, 270 



table, 2G3-2G9 

 Epinasty, 406 

 Epinephrine. 287-289 



biosynthesis of, 2S8 



physiological effects, 288. 289 



relation to nerve transmission. 289 

 Epithelial tissues, vitamin A and, 203 

 Equilibrium constant, relation to A^, 415 

 Equivalent, chemical, 164 

 E(iuivalent weights, 164 

 Erdin. 369. 37(> 

 Ergosterol, 96, 359 



formula, 213 

 Erucic acid. 80 

 Erythritol. 21 

 Erythrocruorin, 139 

 D-Erythrose, 20 

 Escherichia coli, 358. 359 



fermentation products of, 363, 377 

 Essential amino acids, 341, 342 

 Essential fatty acids, 335 



in pyridoxine deficiency, 241 

 Essential lipides, 97 

 Esterases, 264 

 Esterification, 72 

 Esters, 71 



hydrolysis of, 72 



industrial use as solvents, 72 



properties of, 72 



saponification of, 73 

 Estradiol : 



formula, 296 



physiological functions of, 292-295 

 Estriol, formula, 296 

 Estrogens. 293, 296 

 Estrogenic hormones, 293, 296 

 Estrone, formula, 296 

 Estrus. 293 

 Ethanolamine, 99, 344 

 Ether extract, composition of. 91 

 Ethyl alcohol, formation of. 363. 367. 379 

 Exercise, relation to body weight, 429 

 Exergonic reactions, definition, 414 

 Exoenzymes, 260 

 Eyes, effect of vitamin A deficiency. 203 



F 



Factor R, 247 



Factor S, 247 



Factor U, 247 



Faraday, definition of, 420 



Fat content of foods, table, 434 



Fat oxidation by animals : 



relation of citric acid cycle to, 338, 339 



theories of, 336-338 

 Fat-soluble substances, 86 

 Fat-soluble vitamins, storage of, 216 

 Fat synthesis, 339. 340 

 Fat transport, 336 

 Fats : 



absorption of, 318. 320 



chemical properties of, 86 



Fats (Cont.) : 



definition of true, 74 



desaturation of, by animals, 335 



determination of, 91 



dynamic state of, 335 



elementary composition, 75 



fatt.v acid comjiosition of. 82 



industrial importance of. 74 



iodine number of, 89 



modification of by animals. 335 



occurrence of. 74 



physical pi-operties of, 84 



l)hysiological fuel value of, 423. 424 



raTicidity of, 90 



removal by exercise. 429 



saturation of. 89 



storage in body, 335 

 Fatty acids : 



distribution, 80. 82 



essential in nutrition, 79 



occurrence in various fats, 82 



omega oxidation of, 337 

 Fatty acids, saturated. 76, 77 



formulas. .SO 



occurrence in fats. 77 



odors of lower, 77 



rancidity due to lower. 78 



table of. 77 



volatility of lower, 78 

 Fatty acids, unsaturated: 



formulas, 80 



geometric isomers of, 79 



melting points of, 78 



occurrence, 80 



table of. SO 

 Fatty aldehydes, in plasmalogens, 101 

 Fatty livers. 253, 336 



choline and, 253 



methionine and, 253 



prevention by raw pancreas, 303 

 Feces, composition, 320 

 Fehling's solution, 30, 31 

 Fehling's test, 30, 31 



structure responsible for, 35 

 Fermentation, alcoholic, 379, 381 



butyric, but.vl. acetone, 377 



colon-aerogenes-typhoid, 377 



definition of, 362 



heterolactic. 377, 381, 382 



homolactic. 376 



methane, 377 



products of microorganisms, table. 363 



propionic, 377 

 Fermentation products, related series of, 



374, 375 

 Ferritin, 140, 186 

 Fibrinogen, 108, 124 

 Fibroin, of silk, 110, 124 

 Ficin. 265 



Fixation of nitrogen. 402, 403 

 Flavin adenine dinut'leotide (FAD). 277 

 Flavin mononucleotide (FMX). 159. 277, 

 278 



function in cytochrome system, 332. 333 

 Flavin nucleotides, as hydrogen carriers, 

 332, 333 



