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UNITY AND DIVERSITY IN BIOCHEMISTRY 



^-Ketodecarboxylases 165, 212 

 Ketogenesis 309 

 Ketoglutaraldehyde 222 

 a-Ketoglutaric acid 13, 214, 218, 202, 



203, 204, 208, 211, 215, 218, 222, 



224, 230, 231, 243, 267 

 a-Keto-j8-indolylpyruvic acid 221 

 a-Ketoisocaproic acid 217, 224, 247 

 a-Ketoisovaleric acid 217 

 a-Keto-j8-methylvaleric acid 217, 247 

 Ketone bodies 241, 308, 309 

 j8-Ketoreductase 198, 200 

 Ketoses 15, 17 

 ^-Ketothiolase 198, 200 

 Kinetics 166 



enzyme reactions 283 

 Knoop jS-oxidation 197 

 Kuhling's synthesis 54 

 Kynurenic acid 220 

 Kynurenine 220 



Lactic acid 11, 12, 141, 163, 173, 195, 



223, 225, 262 



oxidation 141 

 Lactic dehydrogenase 162, 173, 174 

 L-Lactic acid 195 

 Lactose 58, 154 

 Lama s.p. 321 

 Laminaria 89 

 Laminarin 89 

 Lanoline 62 

 Lecithins 74, 252, 253, 276 



a and j8 74 

 Legumes 361-363 

 Leucocytes 314 

 D-Leucine 79 



L-Leucine 27, 213, 217, 222, 246, 247, 

 268, 294 



degradation 216, 217, 224 

 Leuconostoc dextranicutn 89 



mesenteroides 89 

 Levans, see Fructosans 

 Levoglucosan 21 

 Lichenin 89 

 Licheninase 155 

 Life 5 



Light, see Photoreception 

 Limulus 1 20 



Linkage, see also Bonds 110, 139-144, 

 154, 275 



disulphide 276 



glycoside 1 54 



polypeptide 77-80, 260, 276 



salt 84, 276 

 ^-Linkages 263 

 Linoleic acid 10 

 Linolenic acid 10 

 Lipids 338 



complex 61, 74-76, 127, 252, 278 



ternary 61 

 a-Lipoic acid, see Thioctic acid 

 Lipoproteins 127 

 Lipothiamide pyrophosphate (LTPP) 



196, 205 

 Lithosphere 1, 3, 372 

 Liver cells, 308, 309, 310 

 Lobster, spiny 120 

 Lohmann reaction 159 

 LTPP. See Lipothiamide pyrophosphate 

 Lumbricus 294 

 Lumichrome 60 

 Lumiflavin 55, 60 

 Lutein 37 

 Luteose 92 

 Lycopene 31, 37 



trans and cis 304 

 Lycopyll 33 



Lycopersicon escidentiim 304 

 Lycoxanthin 33 



Lysine 27, 96, 102, 210, 219, 224, 251, 

 252, 265, 268, 294 



degradation 218, 224 

 Lysosomes 279 



Macromolecules 61, 83-127, 261-269, 

 339 



proteins 301—303 

 Magnesium 5 



complexes 1 22 

 Malate-fumarate transformation 201 

 Malate-oxaloacetate reactions 225 

 Maleic acid 11 

 Malelylacetoacetic acid 219 

 Malic acid 12, 51, 141, 203, 213, 223, 



228, 231 

 Malic dehydrogenase 201, 204 

 Malic enzyme 213 

 Malonicacid 11,52,199 

 Maltase, see a-Glucosidase 

 Maltose 58, 154 



phosphorylase 158 

 Man 296, 298, 299, 318 

 Mannans 90 

 D-Mannoheptulose 18 



