Index 



Absolute rate theory, 222, 408-412 



denaturation studies, 412—415 

 Absorption bands: 



infrared, 514 

 Absorption coefficient, 485, 487, 489 



molar, 489 

 Absorption ratio, 489 

 Absorption spectrophotometry, 481—500 



(see Spectrophotometry, absorption ) 

 A-c, 73, 608-609 



Accelerated-flow method, 496, 497 

 Accommodation, 36, 38 

 Acetylcholine, 85, 145, 180, 443 

 Acetylcholinesterase, 85, 145, 443 

 ACh, 85, 443-446 



cycle in nerve cell, 445 



synthesis, 444 

 Acid, organic, 271 

 Acoustic (sound) pressure, 5, 7, 8, 592 



amplitude, 5, 7, 8, 10, 13 

 Acoustic streaming, 243, 262 

 Acoustics, 4-10, 589-594 



finite amplitude, 594 



infinitesimal amplitude, 589 

 Actin, 148, 152 

 Action current, 72 

 Action potential, 70 (see also Spike 

 potential) 



heart, 165-166 



muscle, 145-146 

 Activated complex, 408 

 Activation energy, 404 

 Active transport, 420, 432-436, 477-478 



frog's skin, 434-435 



Ussing's equations, 433-434 



Adenine, 149, 279 



Adenosine, 149 



Adenosine diphosphate, 149-151 (see also 



ADP) 

 Adenosine monophosphate, 149 

 Adenosine triphosphate, 148-151 (see also 



ATP) 

 Adenylic acid, 149 

 ADP, 149-151, 346, 366-369 

 Alanine, 275 

 Albumin, 473 



Alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), 354-355 

 Aldehyde, 353 

 Algae: 



blue-green and photosynthesis, 360 



damage by ultrasound, 231 



and photosynthesis, 360 

 Allele, 474 



All-or-none response, 80 

 Alpha ray (or particle), 185, 610 

 a-rhythm, 98 

 a-waves, 98 



Amino acids, 148, 271-277 

 Amino group, 271 

 Amoeba: 



relative fragility, 229 

 AMP, 149 

 Ampere, 72 



Amplitude distribution, 6 

 Analyzer, 548-549 

 Anaphase, 190 

 Angular momentum : 



orbital, 508-509 



spin, 508-509 



total, 508 

 Antigen, 308 

 Anti-node, 9 



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