Contents 



Foreword v 



Abbreviations x 



PART I 



General Considerations 



1. The Problem Is Stated 3 



2. A Theory of Energy Transmission 7 



3. The Mobility of £* and Organization 10 



4. Absorption, Fluorescence, and Phosphorescence 18 



5. Triplets and Water 25 



6. Excitations and the Biological Matrix 32 



7. Quenching and Quenchers 41 



8. Miscellaneous Observations 47 



PART n 

 Biological Structures and Functions 



9. A Theory of Muscular Contraction 59 



10. The ATP Molecule 64 



11. Riboflavine 74 



12. Ions, Glutathione, Sugars, and Alcohols 80 



13. On Oxidative Phosphorylation and Its Uncoupling 90 



14. Depolarization of the Cell Membrane 99 



PART m 



On Drugs, Hormones, and Disease 



15. General Remarks on Drugs and Disease 107 



16. On Iodine and Chlorproraazine 112 



17. On Myotonia 120 



18. On the Thymus 127 



19. On Oxidation, Fermentation, and Cancer 133 



20. Conclusion 138 



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