50 Diets: Laboratory and Domestic Animals 77 



91 Zoo Diets: Mammals, Carnivores 82 



52 Zoo Diets: Mammals, Herbivores 84 



53 Zoo Diets: Birds 90 



54 Representative Synthetic Diets: Insects 91 



55 Selected Sources for Certain Nutrients 93 



56 Balanced Salt Solutions for Isolated Animal Tissues 94 



VI CULTURE MEDIA, FERTILIZERS, FOR PLANT FORMS 



57 Nutrient Solutions: Higher Plants 95 



58 Culture Media: Isolated Plant Tissues 96 



59 Culture Media: Fungi 98 



60 Culture Media: Algae 99 



61 Culture Media: Certain Bacteria 100 



62 Chemical Element Composition and Neutralizing Action: Inorganic 



Fertilizers 102 



63 Chemical Element Composition and Neutralizing Action: Organic 



Fertilizers 104 



64 Soil pH Requirements: Plants 105 



Vn NUTRIENT AND ENERGY VALUES OF FOODSTUFFS AND FEEDSTUFFS 



65 Proximate Chemical Composition and Energy Values: Foodstuffs 



of Animal Origin 106 



66 Mineral and Vitamin Composition: Foodstuffs of Animal Origin 109 



67 Chemical Composition of Milk 111 



68 Proximate Chemical Composition and Energy Values: Foodstuffs 



of Plant Origin 112 



69 Mineral Composition: Foodstuffs of Plant Origin 116 



70 Vitamin Composition: Foodstuffs of Plant Origin 122 



71 Proximate Chemical Composition and Energy Values: Tropical 



and Subtropical Fruits 124 



72 Relative Production of Nutrients: Foodstuffs of Plant Origin 128 



73 Amino Acid Composition: Certain Protein Foods 131 



74 Proximate Chemical Composition, Energy Values and Digestible 



Nutrients: Feedstuffs of Animal Origin 132 



75 Mineral and Vitamin Composition: Feedstuffs of Animal Origin 133 



76 Proximate Chemical Composition, Energy Values and Digestible 



Nutrients: Feedstuffs of Plant Origin 134 



77 Mineral and Vitamin Composition: Feedstuffs of Plant Origin 138 



78 Stability and Lability of Nutrients 140 



79 Food Nutrient Losses in Cooking 142 



80 Apparent Digestibility and Absorbability of Nutrients: Vertebrates 143 



81 Calorie Values of Nutrients 145 



VIU NUTRIENT FUNCTIONS AND SIGNS OF DEFICIENCY AND EXCESS 



82 Accumulative Efficiency of Feed Utilization for Growth: Vertebrates 146 



83 Absorption, Retention, Excretion of Normal Tissue Cationogens: 



Mammals 147 



84 Absorption, Retention, Excretion of Foreign Cationogens: Mammals 148 



85 Absorption, Retention, Excretion of Normal Tissue Anionogens: Manunals 149 



86 Absorption, Retention, Excretion of Foreign Anionogens: Mammals 149 



87 Chemical Elements, Functions: Animals 150 



88 Trace Elements, Functions: Animals 153 



89 The Vitamins, Their Functions, Signs of Deficiency and Excess: Man 



and Other Vertebrates 155 



90 Nutrient Deficiency Effects on Reproduction: Mammals 164 



91 Functions of Essential Elements: Higher Plants 165 



92 Signs of Chemical Element Deficiency and Excess: Higher Plants 167 



93 Signs of Chemical Element Deficiency: Eight Selected Plants 168 



94 Correlation Between Soil pH and Signs of Chemical Element Deficiency 172 



95 Correlation Between Soil pH and Signs of Chemical Element Excess 173 



96 Functions of Essential Elements: Bacteria 174 



IX PATHWAYS OF METABOLISM 



97 Chemical Changes in Protein Digestion and Absorption: Man, 



Laboratory Mammals 177 



98 Chemical Changes in Carbohydrate Digestion and Absorption: Man, 



Laboratory Mammals 178 



99 Chemical Changes in Lipid Digestion and Absorption: Man, 



Laboratory Mammals 179 



100 Pathways of Amino Acid Metabolism 180 



101 Pathways of Purine and Pyrimidine Nucleotide Catabolism 181 



102 Pathways of Nucleoprotcin Catabolism 182 



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