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Fluoride, on secretion, 154-5 



on metabolism, 231 

 Fucomucins, 173, 176 

 Functions of saliva, 99, 251, 267 



Glucogen, content of glands, 29, 

 231 



effect of amylase, 179 

 Glucose, in saliva, 83, 186-7, 2 53 



utilization, 128, 231-2 

 Glycerol, 188, 221 

 Glycine, 185 



Golgi, apparatus, 25, 32, 268 

 Granules, 11, 14, 23-7, 29, 31, 196, 

 267 



Hexamethonium, 47, 73, 76 

 Hirudin, 269 



Histamine, in glands of octopus, 

 269 

 motor effect, 49, 85-6 

 secretory effect, 72, 76, 86 

 Histidine, in saliva, 185 

 Hyaluronidase, in glands of snakes, 

 270 

 in saliva, 256 

 Hydroxyproline in saliva, 185 

 Hydroxytryptamine, in glands of 

 octopus, 269 

 secretory effect, 76 



Indolalkylamines, 270 

 Inhibition of secretion, by acetyl- 

 choline, 40, 78, 124, 126 

 adrenaline, 84 

 anaesthetics, 73, 77 

 ganglion blocking drugs, 77 

 parasympatholytic drugs, 81 

 sympathetic stimulation, 41, 124, 



242 

 sympatholytic drugs, 84 

 Iodacetate, effect on chloride, 154 

 on lactate, 231 

 on potassium, 151 

 on protein synthesis, 233 

 Iodide, clearance, 155-6, 224-5 

 effect on secretion of chloride, 



154 

 of nitrate, 160 

 of perchlorate, 160 

 of thiocyanate, 160 



on secretion and electrical 

 responses, 204 

 excretion in saliva, 155-60, 181, 

 196, 212, 221, 262 

 after arterial injection, 215-16 

 incorporation in protein, 160, 181 

 transient, 157, 212-13 

 Iodotyrosines, 181 

 Isoleucine in saliva, 185, 215 

 Isoprenaline, 83 



Kallidin, see Bradykinin 

 Kallikrein, 87, 106, 131, 133-4, 

 180, 261 



Lactate formation, 231-2 

 Lipase in saliva, 256 

 Lithium, 153 

 Lymphatics of glands, 19 

 Lysozyme, 172, 179, 258 



Magnesium in saliva, 145, 161 

 Malonamide, 188 

 Mannitol, 188, 221 

 Mercury, 72-3, 85, 262 

 Metabolism of glands, 229 



effect of acetylcholine, 58, 79, 

 230, 232 

 of adrenaline, 58 135, 230 

 of chorda stimulation, 104, 



128, 130, 133-4, 230 

 of cyanide and iodacetate, 231 

 of denervation, 106 

 of dinitrophenol, 232 

 of noradrenaline, 232 

 of pilocarpine, 229 

 of sympathetic stimulation, 

 230-1 

 Methacholine, 79, 108 

 Methionine, 215 

 Methylscopolamine, 82 

 Metrazol, 244 

 Mitochondria. 23-7, 31-2, 196 



in silk glands, 268 

 Morphine, excretion in saliva, 262 

 effect in antilytic secretion, 115 

 in paralytic secretion, 1 13-15 

 secretory effect, 75 

 Motor nerves, 39-41, 48-50, 54, 84 

 Mucoproteins, 169-75, J 79 

 Murexin, 269 



