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Indianapolis Biochemical Meeting: Abstracts 



[Sept 



officers of the Society. A division is self-perpetuating, electing its 

 own officers, etc. In most other executive respects it does not differ 

 from a section. It is hoped that by the Organization of this Divi- 

 sion, the non-medical fields of biochemistiy may also be advanced. 



II. ABSTRACTS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS AT THE INDIAN- 

 APOLIS MEETING OF THE SECTION OF BIOLOGICAL 

 CHEMISTRY OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 



A summary of the names of the authors and of the titles of 



the abstracts 



Page 



C. L. Alsberg and O. F. Bl.\ck. 

 Biochemical and toxicological 

 studies upon Penicillium 103 



James P. Atkinson. The prepara- 

 tion of tissue for toxicological 

 examination 1 23 



H. P. Bassett. Detection and role 

 played by poly-atomic phenols 

 occurring in apples as glucosides 129 



Stanley R. Benedict. The esti- 

 mation of creatin 119 



William N. Berg. The influence 

 of sodium chlorid on the pre- 

 rjpitability of casein by acetic 

 acid and its bearing on the par- 

 tition of nitrogen in butter .... 118 



O. F. Black and C. L. Alsberg. 

 Observations on the deteriora- 

 tion of maize 130 



Walter R. Bloor. Carbohydrate 

 esters of the higher fatty acids 132 



Sleeter Bull. A study of the 

 methane fermentation in the first 

 stomach of the ruminants .... 108 



H. H. Bunzel. On the measure- 

 ment of the oxidase content of 

 plant Juices 107 



A. M. Buswell and Ralph H. 

 McKee. An incubator for mod- 

 erate temperatures 130 



W. E. Carroll and A. D. Emmett. 

 Effect of the quantity of protein 

 ingested on the nutrition of ani- 

 mals. II. On the weights of 

 some vital Organs from lambs .. no 



Wm. Mansfield Clark. The gases 

 of swiss cheese 116 



James N. Currie. The optical 

 forms of lactic acid produced by 

 pure cultures of Bacillus bulgari- 

 cus 103 



Arthur W. Dox. The phosphorus 

 assimilation of Aspergillus niger loi 



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F. L. DuNLAP AND L. O. Gilbert. 

 The synthesis of fats by the ac- 

 tion of enzymes 107 



Willl^m J. Gies. Studies of water 

 absorption by colloids 124 



William J. Gies. On the diflfusi- 

 bility of biological substances 

 through rubber 125 



H. C. Gore. The effect of tem- 

 perature on the respiration of 

 fruits 100 



Ross Aiken Gortner. The pig- 

 mentation of the adult periodi- 

 cal cicada, with a note on chem- 

 ical anti-odixases 109 



A. D. Greenlee. Deteriorationi 

 in eggs as shown by changes in 

 the moisture content 128 



J. S. Hepurn. The oxidation of 

 chicken fat with hydrogen per- 

 oxide 128 



W. E. Joseph and A. D. Emmett. 

 Effect of the quantity of protein 

 ingested on the nutrition of ani- 

 mals. TV. On the creatm of 

 flesh of swine and lambs 112 



Arthur J. Kendall. Fermenta- 

 tion and putrefaction -loi 



Lewis Knudson. Conditions for 

 tannic acid fermentation 104 



Lewis Knudson. Regulatory for- 

 mation of the enzyme tannase.. 105 



Waldemar Koch. Methods of esti- 

 mating moisture in tissues .... 123 



Jacob G. Lipman and H. C. Mc- 

 Lean. The carbon-nitrogen ratio 

 in the decay of protein Com- 

 pounds 102 



E. P. Lyon and L. F. Shackell. 

 The relation of permeability to 

 fertilization of the ovum "5 



F. H. McCrudden. The determina- 



