INDEX 



535 



Aspartic acid, (98), 100, 224, (240), 25.5, 



465 

 Asymmetric carbons, 101 

 Asymmetric synthesis, 55 

 Asymmetry, 52 ff 

 Ash, 407, 408 

 Atheroma, 462 

 Atheromatosis, 462 

 Atherosclerosis, 436 

 Atmosphere, 4 



ATP, see Adenosine triphosphate 

 Atropine, (196) 

 Aureomycin, 420 

 Autolysis, 137 

 Autonomic movement, 12 

 Autotrophs, 206 

 Auxin, (282), 283, 287 

 Available phosphate, (268) 

 Avidin, 343 

 Axon, (306), 307 

 Azotobacter, 226, 228 



Bacitracin, 420 



Bacteriophages, 125 



Balanced diet, 366 



Bang's disease, 422 



Barfoed's test, 58 



Barium, 396 



Barley, 234, 410, 414 



Basal metabolism, 319, 379, 381, (507)- 



509 

 Base, 37, (38), 39, 99 

 Base exchange, 257, 259 ?i, (259) 

 Basic slag, 268 

 Basophiles, 294 

 Beeswax, 92 

 Beet pulp, 415 

 Beets, 237 

 Benedict's test, 58 

 Benzedrine, (309) 

 Benzoic acid, 441, 454, 483 

 Beriberi, 327, 328, 331 

 Beryllium, 396 

 Betaine, (350), (469) 

 Bicarbonate, 262, 292, 298, 404 

 Bile, 93, 94, 433, (434) 

 composition of, 435 

 Bile pigments, 436, 468, 470, 481, 485 

 Bile salts, 436 

 Bile sphincter, 435 

 Bilirubin, (471) 

 Biliverdin, (471) 

 Bioassay, 281 

 Biochanin A, (421) 

 Biological action, lOS 

 Biological assays, 363 



Biological oxidations, (158 ff), 262 



Biological value, 419 



Biotic factors, (279), 279 



Biotin, 245, 5Vi, (343) 



Bisulfate, 414 



Biuret test, 117 



Blindness, 355 



Bloat, 431 



Blood, 291 ff, 302, 305, 373, 403, 404, 445 



amount of, 292 



circulation of, 10 



clotting of, 295, 296, 297, 360, 369, 370, 

 372 



glucose in, 445-447 



hemolyzed, 293 



osmotic pressure of, 292 



pH of, 292 



platelets in, 292, 294 



specific gravity of, 292 

 Blood meal, 419 

 Blood pressure, 321 

 Blood sugar, 11 

 Blood transfusions, 475 

 Bluegrass, 235 

 Boiling liquids, 21 ff 

 Boiling points, 23, (24), 28 

 Bomb calorimeter, 497 

 Bone, 268, 299, 349, 356, 357, 369, 372, 

 376, 384, 385, 387, 393, 401, 402 



composition of, 299 



formation of, (401) 



marrow of, 299, 382 



matrix of, 401 

 Bone meal, 268, 378, 389 

 Bone phosphatase, 385 

 Borate, 262 

 Boron, 243, 247, 396 



deficiency of, 247 



toxicity of, 247 

 Brain, 305, 308, 351,399 

 Bromelin, 148 

 Bromine, 397 

 Buffers, 21, 40, (40)-42, 99, 117, 254, 257, 



295 

 Butter, 87 

 Butterfat, 75, 417 



nutritional value of, 417 

 Buttermilk, 415, 416 

 Butyric acid, 75, (76), 84, 417, 440 



Calciferol, 93, (356) 



Calcium, 141, 227, 243, 245, 249-251, 

 258-263, 270, 274, 295, 296, 299, 

 300, 306, 318, 324, 356, 357, 369 &, 

 378, 385-390. 394, 395, 403, 410- 

 415, 418, 437, 438 



