INDEX 



(For author references, see pages 15, 27, 77, 94, 124, 132, 136) 



Absorption spectra, see Light 

 Acetal, see Aldehydes 

 Activators, 36, 52-54, Plates V, VI 

 Actomyosin, 73-75 

 Adenosine triphosphate, 73-75 

 Aldehydes, 9, 78-95, Plate XII 



acetal significance, 92 



artefacts, 84, 87 



as chromogenic reagents, 105, 106 



as protein-sensitivity reagent, 109 



destruction, 83 



fat transport and metabolism, 88- 

 91 



fixation techniques and reagents, 

 78-89, 93, 94 



glycol and, 92-94 



supplementary tests, 82 

 Alkaline phosphatase, 6, 9, 28-77 



activator, 52-54, Plates V, VI 



artefacts, 29, 35-38, 42, 45, 46, 49, 

 52, 53, 59 



azo compounds and dyes, 41, 42, 

 50 



bone formation and, 65 



calcium phosphate, 36-40, 42, 44, 

 46, 49, 53, 66, 67, Plate IV 



cartilage and, 66, 67 



collagen and, 64, 75, 76 



definition, 28 



dephosphorylation function, 61, 

 62, 68-71 



diazonium hydroxides, 40, 41 



diffusion, 44-49, 53, 54 



excretory organs and, 71 



Feulgen reaction, 56-58 



Alkaline phosphatase, fixation tech- 

 niques and reagents, 29^44, 



47-49, 56-58 

 freeze-drying, 29, 47-49 

 genes and, 57 

 glucose, 69, 70, 74 

 glycogen, 66, 67, Plate I 

 glycerophosphate technique, 36, 



39, 42, 44, 59, Plates III, X, 



XI 

 healing wounds, 63, 64 

 heat destruction, 55 

 hydrolysis, 54 

 hydrolytic functions, 60, 61 

 incubation time, 30, 33-35, 51-53 

 kidney and, 32, 34, 36, 38, 41, 42, 



44, 49, 50-55, 69-71, Plates 



III, IV, V, VI 

 mitosis, 55, 56, 60, 75, 76, Plate XI 

 /3-naphthol phosphate and, 39, 40, 



59, Plate X 

 p-nitrophenylazo-a-naphthol 



phosphate, 39, 42 

 nucleic acids and, 56, 57, 61, 63, 



Plate VIII 

 nucleus and, 49-56, 58-63 

 phenolthalein phosphate, 39, 40, 



42 

 phosphate esters, 39-42 

 alcohol moiety, 39, 42 

 phosphorylation, 60, 61, 68, 69, 70, 



72, 74 

 physiological activity sites, 44 

 protein synthesis, 63, 64, 68, 75 

 research history, 28 

 secretion and, 68-73 

 section thickness, 42, 43 



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