INDEX 



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luminescence during, 118-127. 

 decay characteristics of, 119-120. 

 enzymatic factors in, 119. 

 physical parameters of, 118-119. 

 mechanism of 



compared with chloroplast re- 

 action, 266-268. 

 initial steps of, 366-372. 

 of periodic regulation, 493. 

 partial processes in, 78. 

 photochemical part of, 142-146. 

 preparation of chloroplasts for, 294. 

 primary process reaction patterns of, 

 75-84. 

 absorption of light by chlorophyll 

 in, 75. 

 quantum yield of, 237. 

 rate of 



compared with photophosphoryla- 



tion, 345. 

 dependence on chlorophyll con- 

 centration of, 241. 

 effect of cyanide on, 78, 221. 

 effect of hydroxylamine on, 78. 

 by red algae, 444-449. 

 relation of background CO2 fixation 



to, 205-212. 

 relation of chemiluminescence to, 



138. 

 relation of chloroplast structure to, 



459-463. 

 relation of luminescence to, 120. 

 role of catalase in, 222-223. 

 role of respiration in, 271. 

 scheme of, 75, 359, 392-396, 410. 

 temperature optimum for, 119. 

 ultraviolet inhibition of, 236. 

 vitamin K in, 160. 

 Photosj^nthetic mechanism 

 development of, 226. 

 of purple bacteria, 164-173. 



relation to photosynthesis of, 120- 

 122. 

 Photosj^nthetic phosphorylation, 325, 

 439-440. 

 by Chlorella, 333-339. 

 by isolated chloroplasts, 340-345. 



Photosynthetic quotient, deviations of, 



354. 

 Photosynthetic tissues, metabolism ot, 



149-162. 

 Photosynthetic unit, 25, 87, 356-357, 

 362, 366. 

 as a physical entity, 372. 

 Phthiocol, 243, 244. 

 Phycocyanin 



quantum yield of fluorescence for 

 in the hving cell, 107-111. 

 in solution, 107-111. 

 Phycoerythrin, quantum yield of fluo- 

 rescence for, 107-111. 

 Phytolacca americana, Hill reaction 



activity of, 280. 

 Pigments 



in green sulfur bacteria, 153-154. 

 in purple sulfur bacteria, 153-154. 

 Pigment-containing plant cells, scatter- 

 ing of Ught by, 100-106. 

 Pigment fluorescence, measurement of, 



102-103, 107-111. 

 Pigments, detection by light scattering 



of, 105. 

 Pisum sativimi, 265. 

 Plant chloroplasts 



hematin compounds in, 149. 

 nature of, 150-151. 

 occurrence of, 150-151. 

 Plants 



action spectra of, 118. 

 chloroplasts in, 149, 280, 373. 

 chemiluminescence of, 118-141. 

 chloride as essential element in, 283. 

 chlorophyll fluorescence in, 80, 107- 



117. 

 cytochrome / in, 150-151. 

 emission of fluorescent light by, 107, 



113, 121, 142, 338. 

 fluorescence of chlorophyll a in, 142. 

 luminescence of, 120-121. 

 pigments in grana of, 6. 

 scattering of Ught by cells of, 100- 



106. 

 occurrence of tannins in, 277. 

 Plastids, of red algae, 274. 



