SUBJECT INDEX 



Absorption from the ground state: 69 



Absorption from the triplet state: 69 



Absorption spectrum of RhodospiriUiiin 

 rubruin: 3it) 



Acanthefyhyra: 756 



Action spectra of the Emerson effect: 

 381; of spinach chloroplasts, 348 



Action spectra of photosynthesis: 399; 

 participation of accessory pigments, 

 455 



Activation spectra of 700 \n^l absorption 

 shifts in Anacystis cells: 406 



Acyl-coenzyme-A dehydrogenases: 137 



Adaptation: 707 



Aeslina: 772 



Agelastiar. 772 



Aldehyde and l^acterial linninescence: 

 251 



Aminophthalic acid fluorescence quan- 

 tum yield as a function of pH: 203 



Aminopyridine derivatives, effect of sol- 

 vent on absorption properties of: 154 



3-Aminopvridine-DPN, fluorescence of: 

 !55 



Anacystis nidulans: 382, 399, 403, 479; 

 enhancement effect in, 400 



Anthracyl isocyanate conjugates, excited 

 states: 82 



Anti-bonding 7r-orbitals: 15 



Apis tnellifera: 772; color vision of, 779 



Armillaria inellea: 262; effect of ultra- 

 violet light on, 270 



Aromatic amino acids, excited states: 82 



Assimilation of C'^-acetate, equivalence 

 of ATP and light: 528 



ATP-phosphate exchange in presence of 

 TPN: 595 



Avena coleoptile absorption spectrum, 

 655; action spectrum for positive 

 curvature of, 651; base curvature, ac- 

 tion spectrum for, 659; response to 

 light dosages, 650 



B 



Bacteria: 211 



Bacterial luminescence: 249; and alde- 



hvde. 251; and flavin mononucleotide, 



250 



Bacterial phospliorylation, cofactors of: 

 507 



Bacteri()( hlorophyll, diloropliyll and 

 ])r()lochl()r()j)liyll. relation between: 

 318 



Bacteriochlorophyll, structural formula: 

 319 



Biological function and electronic struc- 

 ture: 31 



Biological responses to light: 643 



Bioluminescence, flrefly: effect of phos- 

 phate, 247: emission spectra, 245, 247; 

 quantum yicki. 244, 246 



Bioluminescence: fungal, 262; in Gonyn- 

 iihix, ionic effects upon, 294 



Bioluminescent reactions, mechanism of: 

 219 



Blue shift in Polar Solvents: 50 



Bonding Tr-orbitals: 15 



Botrydropsis alpina, action spectra of 

 photosynthesis: 462 



Bo\'ine serum albumin, polarization 

 spectra of: 101 



Bud configiuation and growth: 690 



Burawoy's K and R bands, empirical 

 classifications: 32 



Calliphora: 772; color vision of, 786 



Carbohydrate synthesis by isolated 

 chloroplasts: 497 



C'.arbonyl absorption bands, interpreta- 

 tion of: 35 



Carotenoids: 454; cis-trans isomerism, 

 727; excited states, 82; and photore- 

 ception, 736 



Canasius aural us, retinal structiue of: 

 798 



Caulerpa prolifera: 434 



Characteristic vibrational coupling: 53 



Charge density, \arious electronic states 

 of the molecule: 13 



Charge transfer interactions: 24 



Chemiluminescence: emission spectrum 

 of luminol, 201, 203; of luminol, 183; 

 of liuniuol in dimethyl sulfoxide, 192; 

 of liuninol in water, recreation scheme 

 for, 190; in porphyrin-catalyzcd de- 

 composition of peroxides, 173; quan- 



915 



