518 



Myristic acid, 48 



Nalgiolaxin, 183 



Nalgiovensin, 183 



Naphthoquinone derivatives, 168, 170, 



344, 475-477 

 w -(2-Naphthyloxy)-72-alkylcarboxylic 



acids, 461 

 Neopyrithiamine, 332 

 Neurosporene, 159, 161 

 Nicotinamide, 337 

 Nicotinic acid, 326, 327, 328, 337-339, 



345 

 Nicotinic acid esters, 461 

 Nidulin, 169, 170, 183 

 Nigeran, 43 

 Nitrate, 242-245 

 Nitrate reductase, 244-245 

 Nitrite, metabolism of, 249, 335 



physiological effects of, 215, 2-13, 246 

 utilization of, 246 

 Nitrite reductase, 245 

 m-Nitroaniline, 245 

 Nitroaryl reductase, 245 

 Nitrobenzene, 83 

 Nitrogen, total, 12, 36, 43-41 

 Nitrogen fixation, 249 

 Nitrogen mustard, 432, 443 

 Nitrogen supply, physiological effects of, 



19, 41, 79, 139, 149, 178-179, 210, 



247-248, 275, 369-370 

 Nitrophenols, 462-464 

 p-Nitrophenyl-/3-glucoside, 107 

 /7-Nitrophenyl phosphate, 302 

 ^-Nitropropionic acid, 280, 281 

 w-Nitrostyrene derivatives, 478 

 Notatin, see Glucose aerodehydrogenase 

 Nuclei, of spores, 389-390 

 Nucleic acids, 45, 274-277 

 Nucleosides, 275-277 

 Nucleotides, 203, 275-277 



Octadecadienoic acid, 48 

 Octadecanoic acid, 48 



keto derivatives of, 47 

 Octadecatrienoic acid, 48 

 Octadecenoic acid, 48 

 Octanoic acid, 154, 155 

 Oleic acid, 48, 82, 333 



SUBJECT INDEX 



Oligosaccharides, 66-75, 105-109, 368- 



369 

 Oosporein, 167 

 Order of death at high temperature, 



424-425 

 Ornithine, 261, 267, 268 

 Ornithine cycle, 268-269 

 Orotic acid, 277 

 Orotidine, 277 

 Orotidine-5'-phosphate, 277 

 Osmotic pressure, 25-26, 406 

 Oxalacetic acid, 138, 141-143, 223-229, 



330, 333 

 Oxalacetic decarboxylase, 226 

 Oxalic acid, 228, 329 



formation of, 134, 137, 138, 141, 144, 

 145, 180, 303 



utilization of, 68-73, 81 

 Oxalic acid decarboxylase, 144 

 Oxalosuccinic acid, 223 

 Oxalosuccinic decarboxylase, 223, 226 

 /3-Oxidation, 153-155 

 Oxidation-reduction balance, 100-101 

 Oxidative assimilation, 212, 462-463 

 Oxidative phosphorylation, 203, 462 

 Oxine, 315, 478, 480-481 



see also 8-Hydroxyquinoline 

 d/-Oxybiotin, 334-335 

 Oxygen, determination of, 203 



diffusion of, 205 



physiological effects of, 23-24, 208- 

 209, 365-366, 394, 412-413, 435 

 Oxygen demand, 2-3 

 Oxyjavanicin, 170 

 Oxy tetracycline, 183 

 Ozone, 366 



Palmitic acid, 48, 82 



Pantethine, 161 



Pantoic acid, 342 



Pantothenic acid, 161, 329, 341-342, 345 



Paraffins, 82 



Partition coefficient, 458-459 



Patulin, 172-173, 179-180, 477 



Pectase, see Pectin-methylesterase 



Pectic materials, 41, 80, 114-119 



Pectinase, see Pectin-polygalacturonase 



Pectin-depolymerase, 116, 118 



Pectin-methylesterase, 115-119 



Pectin-polygalacturonase, 115-119 



