INDEX 



547 



Phosphate, 88, 91. 113, 243, 24-f, 246, 251, 

 260, 262, 263, 270, 271, 292, 295, 

 300, 318, 356, 371, 378. 382, 384, 

 385, 387 ff, 396, 404, 409. 410. 412, 

 413,445,473 



allowance for, 387 



deficiency of, 244, 388 



rock, 267, 389 

 Phosphatides, 295, 310 

 Phosphatidic acid, (89), 459 

 Phosphatidyl ethanolamine, (90), (469) 

 Phosphatidyl serine, (90) 

 Phosphocreatine, 309 

 Phosphocnol pyruvate, (400) 

 Phosphogluconiutase. 445 

 Phosphogluconic acid, 71 



oxidation of, 459 

 6-Phosphogluconic dclivdrogenasc. 384 

 3-Phosphog!yceraldehyde, 216, 217, 222, 



449 

 Phospholipides, 72, 74, 87 ff, 90, 192, 306, 

 324,351,387,468 



formation of, 453 

 Phosphoproteins, 114, 324. 387 

 Phosphorylase, 152, 220, 239, 303, 445 

 Phosphoryl choline. 91 

 Photoperiodism, (278) 

 Photosynthesis, 67, 206 ff, 243, 277, 278 



COo fixation in, 272 ff 



efficiency of, 212 



light absorption in. 209 

 Photosynthetic plants, 496 

 Physical behavior, 77 ff 

 Physical properties. SI 

 Phytic acid. 351,382 

 a-Pinene, (201) 

 Pituitary gland, 318 ff, 420 



posterior lobe of, 320 

 Pituitary hormone, 324 

 Placenta, 321 

 Plants, 6, 119 



cells of, 13, 777 



composition of, 777 ff 



cuttings of, (284), 285 



growth of, 6 



hormones of. 280 ff 



long-day, (278), 284 



metabolism of, 205 



nutrition of, 5, 7, 242 ff 



pigments of. 72 



regulators of, 280, (280) 



short-day, 278, 284 

 Plasma, (291), (295), 295, 296, 298, 403 



proteins of. 292, 492 

 Platelets, 296 

 Polarimeter, 50 



Polarity, 108 



Polarization, 49 



Polarized light, 49-51 



Pollination, 279 



Polypeptides, 104,239 



Polysaccharides, 59, 114, 181, 423, 443, 



448 

 Population, (47), 48 

 Pork, soft, 81 



Porphyrins. 113, 207. 468, 470, 485 

 Potassium. 141, 243, 2-16, 249, 250, 251, 

 258-263, 270-272, 274, 295, 303- 

 306. 308, 315, 369, 389, 392, 402- 

 404, 408 



deficiency of, 246, 390 

 Potassium chloride, 269 

 Potassium hydroxide, 504 

 Potassium nitrate, 264, 269 

 Potassium phosphate, 269 

 Potassium sulfate, 269 

 Precipitation, 44 

 Precursors for enzymes, 136 

 Pregnancy, 321, 345, 478 

 Prephenic acid, 467 

 Pressure, 17, 18 

 Progesterone, 322, (323) 

 Prolactin, 319, 324 

 Prolamines, 114 

 Proline. 97, (98), 465 

 L-ortho- Proline, (109) 

 Pro-oxidants, (85) 

 Propanediol, 457 

 Propionyl CoA, 455 

 Prosthetic groups, 131, 404 

 Protamines, 114 

 Proteases, (147) 

 Protective coating, 192 

 Proteinases, 147 

 Protein nutrition, 474 ff, 481 

 Proteins, 13, 16, 33, 35, 96 ff, 101. 102, 

 777 ff, (111), 122, 193, 233, 234, 

 237, 270, 273, 292, 295, 302, 306, 

 324, 326, 393, 417, 423, 476, 480, 

 499 



allowances for, 476 



biological roles of, 117 



classification of, 113 



coagulated, 115 



composition of, 777 ff 



deficiencies of, 477 



derived, 1 15 



digestion of, 428 



formation of, 108, 124 



half-life of, 491 

 of amino acids, 491 



hydrolysis of, 107, 116 



