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INDEX 



Mannans, 63 



Mannitol, 72 



n-Mannose, 63, (64), 69, 72, 73, 217 



Mannose-1 -phosphate, 221 



Mannose-6-phosphate, 221 



Manure, 6, 7, 263, (269), 269, 271 , 272 



biological effects of, 275 



chemical treatment of, 273 



composition of, 270 ff 



decomposition of, 273 



effects of, on soil, 274 

 Margerines, 84, 191 

 Mass action, law of, 260 

 Mastication, 424 

 Meat meal, 419 

 Meat scraps, 419 

 Melissic acid, 92 

 Melissyl alcohol, 92 

 Melting point, 86 



Membrane, semipermeable, (35), 36 

 MENA, 286 

 Menstruation, 322 

 Menthol, (201) 

 ^-Mercaptoethylamine, 342 

 Mesenteric veins, 438 

 Mesobilirubinogen, (471) 

 Metabolic efficiency, 165 

 Metabolic intermediates, 103 

 Metabolic interrelationships, (451) 

 Metabolic oxidations, (166) 

 Metabolic processes, 97 

 Metabolic rate, 317 

 Metabolic reactions, 30 

 Metabolic roles, 122 

 Metabolism, 10, 103, 301, 308, 317 

 Metal, 113 



Metallo enzymes, 131 

 Metaphosphate, (164) 

 Metaproteins, 115 

 Methane, 273, 430, 440 

 Methemoglobin, 294 

 Methene carbon, 471 

 Methionine, (98), 111, 116.245, 350, 387, 



410,413 

 5-Methylcytosinc, (121), 124 

 Methyl groups, 349 

 Methylmalonyl CoA, 455 

 Methyl- 1 -naphthaleneacetate, 286 

 Methyl synthesis, 346 

 Mevalonic acid, (202) 

 Microfibrils, 302 

 Micronutrients, 15 

 Microorganisms, 119 

 Microsomes, 180 



Milk, 66, 84, 271, 324 K, 326, 327. 331. 

 348, 372. 406, 415 



Milk, by-products of, 415 



chemical composition of, 418 



composition of, 324, 416 



cow's, breed differences in, 416 



fat in, 324 



minerals in, 324,418 



skim, 416 



species differences in, 416 

 Millet, 410 

 Millon's test, 117 

 Minerals, 24^ 



metabolism of, 36S ff 

 Mineral elements, 5, 15 

 Mineral milrients, 274 

 Mineral nutrition, ?6(V ff 

 Mineral supplements, 422 

 Mitochondria, 179,304,455 



cofactor content of, 180 

 Mitotic division, 245 

 Moisture, 234, 407 

 Molasses, 414, 415 

 Molecular configuration, 50 ff 

 Molisch test, 58 

 Molybdenum, 141. 243, 248, 334, 335, 386 



deficiency of, 248, 386 



toxicity of, 386 

 Monoammonium phosphate, 268 

 Monocalcium phosphate, 267 , 274 

 Monoglycerides, (79) 

 Monosaccharides, 59, 60 



interconversion of, (216) 



synthesis of, 215 

 Monoterpenes, 200 

 Moss, Irish, 73 

 Motion of particles, 21 

 Mucilages, (73), 75, 186, 113 

 Mucin, 424 

 Mucoids, 114 

 Mucoitin, 71 



Mucoitin sulfuric acid, 70 

 Mucosa, 394 



intestinal, 312, 313 

 Mucus. 427 



Muscle, 46, 118, 301^, 320, 324, 351, 

 369, 381, 389, 391, 392, 399, 445 



action of, 510 



mechanism and, 303 



contraction of, 303-305, 389, 390. 512 



glycogen content of, 445 



types of, 302 

 Mustard oil, 245 

 Mutarotation, 56 ft, 57, 65, 66, 71 

 Myofibril, 303 

 Myogen, 302, 303 

 Myoglobin, 302. 381 

 Myosin. 114,302-305,510 



