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INDEX 



Cytochrome, 151, 172, (173), 247, 334, 



382, 511 

 Cytochrome oxidase, 151, 73, 382 

 Cytochrome reductase, 133, 173 

 Cytoplasm, 178 

 Cytosine, (121), 123, 124 



2,4-D (2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid), 



282, 284, 286, 287 

 Day length, 283 

 Deaminases, 239 

 Decarboxylases, 385 

 Decarboxylation, 343 

 Defoliation, 287 

 L-Dehydroascorbic acid, (347) 

 Dehydrogenase, 151, 401 

 Dehydrotheelin, 322 

 Denaturation, 116, 119, 277 



H+ ion and, 143 



temperature and, 142 

 Dendrites, (306), 307 

 Denitrification, 225, 227 

 Density, 30, 82 

 Dental caries, 300, 376 

 Dentine, 300 



Deoxycorticosterone, (316) 

 Deoxyribonucleic acid, 62, 122, 124, 135, 



178 

 Deoxyribonucleoproteins, 194, 490 

 D-Deoxyribose, 61, 62, (62), 120-122, 124, 



473 

 Depot fats, 310 

 Detergents, 34, 72, 78, 192 

 Detoxication, 394, 440, 483 

 Dextrins, 67, 238 

 Diabetes, 15,313,447 

 Diabetes insipidus, 320 

 Diacetyl, 417 

 Dialysis, (36), 43 

 Diastereoisomers, (54), 57, 59, 66 

 Dicoumarol, (361) 

 Dielectric constant, 108 

 Diet, 81, 327 



Dietary allowance for human beings, 517 

 Dietary deficiencies, 413 

 Diethylstilbestrol, (323), 421 

 Diffusion, 19, 20, 35, 36, 42, 108, 118, 297, 



298 

 Digestibility, 116, 502 

 Digestion, 10, 423 ff, 427, 442, 463 



gastric, 425 



salivary, 424 

 Digestion coefficient, 503 

 Diglyceride, (79), 459 

 Dihydroxyacetone, 60, 61, 217, 222, 454 

 Diisopropylfluorophosphate, (309) 



Dimethylaminoethanol, (350) 

 Dimethylglyoxal, 417 

 Diose, 60 

 Dipalmitin, (79) 

 Dipeptide, 104 



2,3-Diphosphoglycerate, (170) 

 Diphosphopyridine nucleotide, 139, 



(140), 167, 170, 172, 222, (333), 334, 



338, 387, 401, 449, 462 

 Dipole, (29) 

 Dipole moments, 34 

 Disaccharides, 59, 72 

 Dispersions, coarse, 43— /6 

 Dissociation constant, 37, 41 

 Distillation, (24) 

 Dithiol bonds, 112 

 Ductless glands, 311 

 Dulcitol, 72 



Duodenum, 425, 433, 437, 438 

 Dwarfism, 319 

 Dynamic equiHbrium, 444 



Ecology, 47, (48) 



Egg-white injury, 344 



Elastin, 301 



Electrolyte and water regulation, 315, 



389 

 Electrolyte balance, 389, 402 

 Electrolytes, (34), 404 

 Electron carriers, 404 

 Electron transfer, (172), 334 

 Electrophoresis, (100), 117 

 Elements, required, 369 

 Embden-Meyerhof pathway, 222 

 Embryo, 233 



Emulsifying agents, 47, 95 

 Emulsin, 149 

 Emulsions, 46, 47 

 Enamel, (300) 



Endocrine glands, 311, 312 ff 

 Energy, 262, 495 ff 



absorption of, 207 



activation of. 489 



expenditure of, 509 



from foods, 501 ff 



loss of, and entropy changes, 497 



requirements for, 495 



sources of, 496 



storage of, 163, 499 



transfers of, (158 ff), 159, 512 



utilization of, 164 

 Energy allowances, 512, 513 

 Energy balance, 506 

 Enolase, 378, 384 

 Ensiling, 414 

 Enterogastrone, 312 



