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INDEX 



Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide plrospiiate 



(see Tripiiospiiopyrldine nucleotide) 

 Nicotine 250,252,255,256 

 Nicotinic acid 256,257 

 Ninhydrin reaction 221 

 Nitrate reduction 223,296 

 Nitriles 282, 286 

 Nitro compounds 295 

 Nitrogen fixation 223 

 l-Nitro-2-phenylethane 295 

 /3-Nitropropionic acid 295 

 Nitroso compounds 296 

 Nobiletin 180 

 Nonacosane 89 

 10-Nonacosanol 91 

 15-Nonacosanone 91 

 Nootkatin 130 



Nuclear magnetic resonance 7 

 Nucleic acids 231,239 



characterization 242 



isolation 241 



metabolism 243 

 Nucleoproteins 217,240,241 

 Nucleosides 18.231, 233 



isolation 241 

 Nucleotides 231.236 



characterization 242 



isolation 241 



metabolism 246 

 Nupharidine 146 

 Nupher 146 



Octacosyl alcohol 74,91 



Octanols 91, 114 



2-Octanone 114 



D-gl\cero-0-i}ianno-OQt\iVQse 17 



Odoratism 287 



Oenanlhe 90,92 



Oenanthetone 92 



Oenanthotoxin 90 



Oenin 187 



Oils 71,74,157 



Olea 137 (see also Olive) 



Oleanane 136 



Oleanolic acid 137,141,162 



Oleic acid 70,71,73,74,78,116 



Oligosaccharides 21 



Olive oil 74,89,132 



Onions 47, 278, 279, 280, 284 



Optical rotatory dispersion 9 



Orchids 51 



L-Ornithine 210, 225, 227, 254, 255, 256, 257, 275, 



276,296 

 Orobol 183 

 Orotic acid 245 

 Orotidine-5' -phosphate 245 

 Oryzenin 217 

 Osage orange 195 

 Oxalacetic acid 43,227,293 

 Oxalic acid 38,39,43 



isolation 40 

 Oxalis 38,191 

 Oxalsuccinic acid 43 

 Oxazoles 296 

 Oxazolidinethiones 286 

 a-Oxidation 87 

 P-Oxidation 85 

 Oximes 289 



4-Oxoazetidine-2-carboxylic acid 210 

 Oxyhemoglobin 264, 265 



Pachyrrhizin 190 



Pachyrrhizus 190 



Palaquium 157 



Palmitic acid 70,71,74,151 



Palmitoleic acid 70,71,73 



Palms 20,26 



Pantothenic acid 216, 237 



Pantoic acid 216 



Papaverine 258 



Parasorbic acid 39 



Parsley 17,49,267 



Pathways, metalxjlic 8,9 (see also specific 



compounds) 

 Pauli reaction 63,277 

 Pausinystalia 251 

 Payena 1 57 



Pea 141,235,256,287,294 

 Peanut 212,227 

 Peanut oil 74 

 Pears 212 



Pectic acid 25 



salts 25 

 Pectic substances 25 



isolation 27 

 Pectin 19,25 



biosynthesis 33 

 Pectinic acid 25 

 Pelargonidin 186,187 

 Pelargonin 187 

 Pelargonium 187 

 Pelletierine 251 

 Pellitorine 277 

 Pellitory 277 

 Pellogyne 177 

 Peltogynol 177 

 Penny cress 284 

 Pentagalloylglucose 66 

 2-Pentanol 113 

 2-Pentanone 116 

 Pentoses 12,13 



characterization 29 



metabolism 32 

 Peonidin 186,187 

 Peonin 187 

 Peony 187 

 Peptides 215-216 



isolation 219 

 Perezone 129 

 Perillene 121 

 Peroxidase 87,202,264,265,290,296 



isolation 267 

 Per sea 17 

 Petroseliiuitn 17,50 

 Petunidin 186 

 Peucedanin 56 

 Peucedanum 56, 98 

 Peucenin 98 

 Phaseolic acid 49 

 Plwseolus 26,34,49,119 

 o-Phellandrene 123 

 Phellogenic acid 75,76 

 Phellonic acid 75,76 

 Phenanthraquinones 109 

 Phenols 45,197 

 L-Phenylalanine 65, 66, 200, 207, 218, 226, 227, 



258,276 

 p-Phenylethylamine 276 

 Phenyllactic acid 66 

 Phenylpropane compounds 48 

 Phenylpyruvic acid 66,226 

 Pheophorbide 266 

 Pheophytin 266,267,270 

 Phlobaphenes 178 



Phlobatannins (see Tannins, condensed) 

 Phloionic acid 7 5,76 

 Phloionolic acid 75,76 

 Phloretin 189 

 Phlorizin 189,200 

 Phloroglucinol 94,197,200 

 Phloroglucinol derivatives 93 

 Phorbide 266 

 Phorbin 266 

 Phosphates, 



of carbohydrates 18,28,30,31,32,33 



in humic acid 60, 62 

 Phospliatides (see Phospholipids) 

 Phosphatidic acids 76,86 

 Phosphatidyl-, 



choline 77 



ethanolamine 77, 87 



glycerol 77,86 



inositol 78,79,86 



serine 77,87 

 Phosphoenolpyruvic acid 31,32,84,227,293 

 6-Phosphogluconolactone 32 

 Phospholipids 70.76 



function 79 



isolation 81 



metabolism 84, 86 

 5-Phosphoribosylamine 244 



5-Phosphoribosyl-l -pyrophosphate 226, 244,245 

 5-Phosphoshikimic acid 66,226,227 

 Photosensitization 109 

 Photosynthesis 32,34,87,149,158 

 Phyllin 266 



Phyllodulcin 51,52,194 

 Physalien 1 51 

 Physostigmine 258 

 Phytic acid 19,241 

 Phytin 19,266 

 Phytoene 148,152 



Phytofluene 148 

 Phytol 132,164,266,270 

 Phytosphinogosine 78 

 Picea 57,194 

 Piceatannol 194 

 Picramnia 72 

 Picrocrocin 155 

 Picrotoxinin 155 

 Pigments 136 



acetylenic 90 



carotenoid 148-152 



flavonoid 176 



phloroglucinol 97 



porphyrin 262 



quinone 47,99,103 

 Pilocarpine 251 

 Pilocarpus 251 

 dextro-Pimaric acid 134 

 Pinane 125 

 Pinastric acid 55 

 Pine 252 (see Pinus) 

 Pineapples 113,278 

 a-Pinene 125, 126,166 

 Pinitol 19,20 

 Pinoresinol 57 

 Pinosvlvin 194 



Pinus bl, 89, 126, 134, 139, 166, 194 

 Pipecolic acid 212,213,215,218,224,277 

 Piper 46, 47, 57 

 Piperideine 256 

 Piperideinecarboxylic acid 256 

 Piperidine 249,256,277 

 Piperonal 45, 47 

 Pityrogyamnin 95 

 Planlago 28,153 

 Plastoquinone 47,158 

 Plumbagin 100,102 

 Plumbago 102 

 Pluniieva 155 

 Plumieride 153,155 

 Podocarpus 134 

 Podophyllin 55 

 Podophyllotoxin 57 

 Podophyllum 57 

 Poison ivy 17, 47 

 Poison sumac 47 

 Poisons 90,100,144,216,251,295 



fish 55,141,193 



(see also Bacteriocides, Fungicides, 

 Insecticides) 

 Pollen 156,216 



Polyacetate compounds 89,2 59 

 Polvgonaceac 103,227 

 Polynucleotides 229, 231 , 239, 246 

 Polysaccharides 21,241 



food reserve 26 



structural 21 

 Polysulfides 278,279 

 Pomegranate 251 

 Poppy 251 

 Porphin 262 



Porphobilinogen 270,271,272 

 Porphyrins 217.256.262 



biosynthesis 270 



characterization 267 



isolation 266 

 Potato 26,219 

 Pregnane 138 

 Prephenic acid 66,226 

 Primoverose 23, 103 

 Primrose 180 

 Primula 180,187 

 Proanthocyanidins 179 

 Progoitrin 285 

 Prolamines 217 

 L-Proline 207, 209, 217, 218, 221 , 222, 225, 227 



4-methyI 213 

 Propanol, 



esters of 113 

 Propionaldehyde 113 

 Propionic acid, 



esters of 113 

 S-Propylcysteine sulfo.xide 280 

 Propyl mercaptan 278 

 Prosopis 28 

 Proteins 215-218,241 



biosynthesis 228 



characterization 222 



isolation 219 

 Proteolipids 79,81 

 Protocatechuic acid 46, 47, 65, 66, 197 



