INDEX 



543 



Lactalbumin, 324, 417 



Lactases, 448 



Lactation, 300, 321, 325, 478 



Lacteals, 298, 438 



Lactic acid, 170, 314, 399. 417, 110, 511 



Lactic dehydrogenase, 144 



Lactogenic hormone, 319 



Lactoglobulin, 324, 417 



Lactose, 63, 66, (G6), 327, 417. 434, 439, 



448, 449 

 Lamella, 210 



Langerhans, islands of, 313 

 Lanosterol, 461 

 Laterites, 252 

 Laurie acid, (76), 230 

 Lauryl alcohol, (78) 

 Lauryl sulfate, (78) 

 Lead,' 278, 299, 39T , 402 

 Leaf-fall, 286, 287 

 a-Lecithin, (88) 

 i3-Lecithin, (88) 

 Lecithinases, 89 

 Lecithins, 87, 8S, 89, 90, 192, 306, 418, 



436 

 Legumes, 414 



Leucine, (98), 229, 457, 491 

 Leucocytes, (292), 294 

 Life, (12), 27 

 Life cycle, 12 

 Ligaments, 301 

 Light, 7, 236, 276, 211 



intensity of, 277 



wave lengths of, 278 

 Lignins, 69, 182, 186 ff, 255, 270, 272, 273, 



502 

 Lignoceric acid. 91 

 Lignoceryl sphingosine, 91 

 Lime, 265 

 Limonene, (201) 

 Linoleic acid, 75-78, 82, 230, 231, 310, 



460 

 Linolenic acid, 75, (77), 78, 82, 231, 460 

 Linolic acid, see Linoleic acid 

 Linseed fat (oil), 77, 81 

 Linseed meal, 413 

 Lipases, (148), 434, 436, 439 

 Lipides, 13, 16, (74 IT), 7V, 113, 115, 190, 

 233, 253, 292, 302, 306, 310, 423, 

 443, 453 



biogenesis of, 460 



body, 453 



classification of, 15 ff 



compound, (74) 



hydrolytic products of, (74) 



isotopes in proof of structure, 460 



metabolism of, 229, 317, 453 ff 



Lipides, rcser\c, 310 



saturated fats, 460 



simple, (74), 81 



unsaturated fats, 460 

 Lil)Ogencsis, 157, 460 



mechanism of, 457 

 Lipoic acid, 171, (3.30) 

 Lipoproteins, 115, 291 

 Liquids, 21 If 



solutions, 34 

 Liquid state in natine, 27 

 Litter, (272) 

 Liver, 291, 382, 434, 443, 455, 460 



cirrhosis of, 471 

 Liver disease, degenerative, 391 

 Liver glycogen, 444 



content of, 444 



half-life of, 444 



steady state of, 4 14 

 Lobe, anterior pituitary, 319 

 Lutein, 208 

 Lycomarasmin, (110) 

 Lymph, 298, (298), 302 



origin of, 298 

 Lymphatic system, 438 

 Lymphocytes, 294 

 Lysergic acid, (109) 

 Lysine, (98), 100, 114, 120, 343, 410, 413, 



434 

 Lysolecithin, (89) 

 Lyxose, 217 



Macromolecule, 46, 1 1 1 

 Magnesium, 141, 240, 213, 245, 249-251, 

 258-260, 262, 263, 270, 274, 295, 

 299, 306, 370, 378, 383, 389, 390, 

 396, 402, 448 



allowances of, 384 



deficiency of, 246, 384 

 Magnesium ions, 141, 303 

 Magnesium porphyrins, 115 

 Malate, 450 



Maleic hydrazide, 283, 286 

 Malic dehydrogenase, 140 

 Malnutrition, 366, 367 

 Maltase, 149,424 

 Maltose, (65), 65, 67, 238, 434 

 Mammary glands, 324 

 Manganese, 243, 241, 251, 262, 274, 384, 

 389, 437 



allowances of, 385 



deficiency of, 385 



toxicity of, 247 

 Manganous ions, 141 

 Mangels, 415 

 Manna, 63 



