CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



PREFACE V 



1. INTRODUCTION I 



2. PLANT STRUCTURE IN RELATION TO PHOTOSYNTHESIS 6 



3. THE CHEMISTRY OF PIGMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH 



THE CHLOROPLAST 1 6 



4. STUDIES WITH THE LIVING PLANT : THE PHYSIOLOGY 



OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS 4 1 



5. THE COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY OF PHOTOSYN- 



THESIS AND OF CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION 74 



6. MECHANISMS OF THE FIXATION AND REDUCTION OF 



CARBON DIOXIDE 86 



7. THE PRODUCTION OF OXYGEN BY PREPARATIONS OF 



ISOLATED CHLOROPLASTS II3 



8. THE MECHANISM OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS I26 



APPENDIX. VARIOUS UNITS USED IN THE MEASURE- 

 MENT OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS 150 



REFERENCES TO LITERATURE 1 53 



GENERAL INDEX 1 59 



INDEX OF PLANT NAMES 1 65 



o92&5 



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