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INDEX 



Acetaldehyde, 33 



ionic yield, 50 

 Acetate 



barometer of ATP-ADP 



ratio, 103 

 Acetate-C^^ 



effect on excretion of C 02i 



107 

 Acetylphosphate 



from monoethyl phosphate, 49 

 Adaptive enzyme formation, 98 

 Adenine 



incorporation into RNA and 



DNA, 66 



ionic yield, 38 



relation of molecular com- 

 plexity to radioresistance, 37 

 Adenosine triphosphatase, 87 



conversion to ADP, 99 



fractionation of activity, 98 



response to radiation, 96 

 Adenosine triphosphate 



effect of radiation on light 



absorption, 35 



light absorption, 49 

 Adrenal cortical hormone 



citric acid accumulation in 



liver, 94 

 Adrenocortical steroids 



remote effects of radiation, 



109 

 Alcohol 



free radical formation, 48 

 Alcohol dehydrogenase, 3Z 

 Aliphatic acids 



decarboxylation, 18 

 Alpha-glucosidase 



yeast synthesism, 73 

 Alpha-ketoglutarate, 87 

 Amino acids 



effects of radiation, 42 



enzyme synthesis, 75 

 Ameba 



nuclear origin of RNA, 76 

 Amoeba proteus 



growth measurements, 70 



Amylase 



radiation response in dry or 



wet state, 14 

 Androgenic compounds 



citric acid accumulation in 



liver, 94 

 Anoxia 



protection against radiation, 



101 

 Antigenic polypeptides, 74 

 Antiserum 



effect of radiation on combin- 

 ing ability of virus, 21 

 Apple, 



effects of radiation on enzyme 



action, 13 

 Aqueous solutions 



effects of radiations, 30 

 Arsenicals 



effects on SH enzymes, 90 

 Ascites tumor 



effect of radiation on RNA and 



DNA, 63 

 Ascorbic acid, 30 

 Augenstine's analysis 



protein denaturation, 9 



Bacillus subtilis 



radiation response of cyto- 

 chrome oxidase and succinic 

 dehydrogenase in dry or wet 

 state, 14 



Bacteria 



effects of radiation on respi- 

 ration, 103 



Barley 



radiation response of amylase 

 in dry or wet state, 14 



Bethe formula, 14 



Beta-galactosidase 

 E. coli, 73, 81 



Beta-mecaptoethylamine 



protection of SH groups, 48 



Biochemical change 



relation to pathologic change 



