INDEX 



Abalone, egg-membrane lysin, 95 

 Abnormalities in semen, 11, 39 

 Absorption spectrum of cyto- 

 chrome, 90; intensification by 

 liquid air, 65, 91 

 Accessory glands, structure, 15-16; 

 secretory function, 15-29, 137- 

 50, 167, 172, 176-7, 184-8, 

 191-4; onset of activity, 140-1, 

 186; action of secretions on 

 sperm, 24, 55; dependence on 

 androgens, 67, 139^6, 186-7; 

 pharmacological effects, 25-7; 

 after irradiation, 59-60; lipids, 

 130-3; utilization of sugars, 150; 

 fructose, 137-8; citric acid, 184-8; 

 changes in malnutrition, 148, 186 

 Acetal phospholipids, 126-7 

 Acetic acid, formation, 51; as sub- 

 strate, 52 

 Acetylcholine, 27, 173 

 Acidity, effect on sperm, 60-1 

 Acid phosphatase, in semen and 

 accessory secretions, 16-17, 118- 

 20; during spermatogenesis, 5; in 

 galea capitis, 13; histochemical 

 detection, 13; dependence on 

 androgens, 68, 118-20; purifica- 

 tion, 119-20; role in choline 

 formation, 119, 168; role in 

 spermine phosphate formation, 

 167-8; activation by citric acid, 

 188 

 Acid-soluble phosphorus, 20-2, 



32-3, 36, 107, 128, 191 

 Aconitase, 187 

 Acrosome, 12; PAS-reaction, 12; 



indophenol reaction, 90 

 Adenine, 100, 101, 116, 155 

 Adenine-isoalloxazinedinucleotide, 

 22 



Adenosine diphosphate, 156 

 Adenosinetriphosphatases, 86, 122- 



3; and sperm activity, 14, 155-8 

 Adenosine triphosphate, distribu- 

 tion and function in semen, 107, 



129, 155-8; after irradiation, 59; 



during senescence, 77 

 Adenylic acid, dephosphorylation, 



121 

 Adrenaline in semen and accessory 



organs, 27, 181-2 

 Adrenaline oxidase, 182 

 Adrenochrome, effect on sperm, 



182 

 Age of sperm {see also ripening), 



178 

 Agglutination of sperm, 70, 79, 114 

 Agmatine, 179 

 Alanine, in semen and reproductive 



organs, 86, 106, 113; in diluents, 



114 

 Albumin, in semen, 112; effect on 



sperm, 76 

 Albumose in semen, 1 1 1 

 Algae, carotenoids in reproduction, 



72 

 Alkaline phosphatase, 120-1, 150; 



during spermatogenesis, 5; role 



in fructose formation, 150-1 

 Alkalinity, effect on sperm, 61 

 Alkaloids, effect on sperm, 56; in 



chemotaxis, 71-2 

 AUelostasis, 74 

 AUomyces, carotenoids in gametes, 



72 

 Alloxan diabetes, effect on seminal 



fructose, 146 

 Amino acid oxidase in sperm, 117 

 Amino acids, free in semen and 



prostate, 19-20, 86, 111-13, 188; 



in seminal proteins, 84-7, 106-10; 



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