INDEX 



457 



Glutamic dehydrogenase, 208 

 Glutamic-oxalacetic transaminase, 2G8 

 (ilutaniinase, 2G5 

 Glutainiiie, 34S 



fornnila, 119 



in plants, 402 



source of urinary ammonium salts, 354 

 Glutatliione, 192 



formula, 130 



in oxidation-reduction, 280 

 Glutelins. 108, 109, 111 

 Glutenin, 109, 125 



Glyceraldehyde, dcxiro and leva forms, 22 

 Glyceraldehyde-S-phosphate, 329 

 Glyceric acid-2.3-diphosphate, 2S0 

 Glyceric acid phosphates, 329 

 Glycerides, formulas of, 83 



in natural fats, 81, 84 



mixed, 81, 83 . 



physical state in relation to fatty acid 

 composition, 78 



simple, 81, S3 

 Glycerol ( glycerine ) , 76 



metabolic oxidation of, 329, 336 



production by yeast. 377, 379, 381 

 a-Glvcerophosphoric acid, 98 

 Glycine : 



as purine and porphyrin precursor, 350, 

 351 



as serine precursor, 345 



formula, 116 



in bile salts, 96 



in creatine biosynthesis, 348 

 Glycocholic acid, 96, 317 

 Glycogen, 59 



amounts present in liver and muscles, 

 325 



branched structure of, 50 



depletion of body stores in diabetes, 301 



formation in body, 325 



from amino acids, 354 



from glycerol, 336 



with adrenalin, 289 



with insulin, 301 

 Glycogen metabolism, relation to muscu- 

 lar work, 417 

 Glycogen phosphorylase, 267 

 Glycolipides, 73, 101 

 Glycolysis : 



ATP formation during, 418 



efficiency of, 419 



energy yield from, 418 



equation for, 328 



in plants, 405 



in yeast, 381 



reactions of, 326, 329 

 Glycolytic mechanism, in photosynthesis, 



397 

 Glycoproteins, 136 

 Glycosidases, 263 

 Glycosides, 39, 40 

 Glycyl-alanine, 129, 131 

 Glvoxalase, 267 

 Glyoxylic acid, 397, 398 

 Goiter, 192, 299 

 Gonadotropic hormones, 292 



Graafian follicle, 293 



Gramicidin, 122, 131 



Grana, 388 



Grapefruit, effect of zinc deficiency on, 



191 

 Grave's disease, symptoms of, 299 

 Graying of hair, relation to vitamin in- 

 take, 239 

 Grisein, 366 

 Growth efficiency, effect of oxygen on, 360, 



361 

 Growth factors, for microorganisms, 359 

 Growth hormone, 305 



properties of, 307 

 Growtii regulating substances in plants, 



406 

 Guanidinoacetic acid, 348 

 Guanine : 



formula of, 154 



metabolism of, 155 



nucleic acids and, 154-158 

 Guanosine, 156 

 Guanylic acid, 156 

 Gulose, 24 

 Gum arable, 66 

 Gum ghatti, 66 

 Gun cotton, 62 



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Hair, zinc content of, 191 

 Hallochrome, 350 



Halogeton weed, oxalates in, 161, 162 

 Hardening, of fats or oils by hydrogena- 



tion, 89 

 Harden-Young ester (see Fructose-1. 6- 



diphosphate) 

 Heat change {/S,H), definition, 41.'! 

 Heat engine operation, difference from 



muscle contraction, 415 

 Heat of combustion : 



of food materials, 423 



of glucose, 414 

 Heat production in body, relation to ef- 

 ficiency of energy use, 415 

 Heat prostration, cause of, 183 

 Heat regulation of body, 11 

 Heavy water, use in metabolic tracer ex- 

 periments, 340 

 Hemicelluloses, 21, 66 

 Hemin, 137, 360 

 Hemocuprein, 140, 187 

 Hemocyanins, 140, 186 

 Hemoglobin : 



amine acid content. 125 



classification, 112 



components of, 137 



in carbon dioxide transport, 138, 187 



in oxygen transport, 138 



in root nodules, 103, 403 

 Hemophilia, 221 

 Hemophilus influenzae, 360 

 Hemophilus parainfluenzae, 359, 360 

 Hemorrhage : 



control of by oxytocine, 304 



in vitamin C deficiency, 222, 223 



in vitamin K deficiency, 221 



