SUBJECT INDEX 



537 



Leuconostoc mesenteroides 



dextran, levulan, synthesis of, 228- 

 230 

 Levulan, 228 



serological specificity of, 228-230 

 synthesis by L. mesenteroides, Stre'p- 

 tococcus salivarius, 225, 

 229-230 

 Lipase 



antibody against, 318 

 fibrinolysis, possible role in, 278 

 hemolysis, possible role in, 318 

 CI. hotulinum, 335 

 CI. welchii, 335 

 Lipids 



as antiproteolytic agent, 276, 434, 



439 

 reaction with antigen-antibody com- 

 plex, 439 

 Lipoprotein, 348-349 



anaphylaxis, involvement in, 440 

 metabolism in gas-gangrene, 361 

 Lipoxidase, crystalline, 27 

 Luminescence, mechanism of, 396- 



397 

 Lymph nodes (see lymphatic theory 



under Antibody) 

 Lymphatic theory (see Antibody) 

 Lymphocytes (see also Antibody) 

 antibody content of transplants of, 

 102 

 interpretation of, 102 

 malignant, 102 

 Lysocephalin, 308, 310 

 Lysolecithin 



action of lecithinase B on, 309 

 formation from lecithin, 307—312 

 snake venom, by the action of, 

 307-308 

 antivenin, inhibition by, 307 

 hemolytic action of, 307-312 

 liberation of histamine by, 437 

 monopalmitophosphoglyceric ester 

 of choline, 310 



palmitic, stearic acids from, 310 



physiological action of, 312-314 

 histamine, liberation resulting 

 from, 312 



anaphylactic shock and, symptoms 

 of, 314 

 Lysozyme, 106 



antibody against, 231 



crystalline, 26 



lysis of M. lysodeikticiis and S. 

 Ititea, 230 



molecular weight, 106, 211 



polysaccharide-antibody complex, ac- 

 tion on, 211 



M 



Macrophages, antibody synthesis by, 



72, 73 

 Magnesium, role in fermentation, 



365-368, 370-372 

 Maleic acid, 1 1 

 Malic acid, 373 



phospho-, 373 

 Maltase, 145 



Maltose, 95, 145,218, 321 

 Mandelic acids, d- and 1-, 127, 128 

 synthesis of, asymmetric, 126-129 

 Bad. ascendens, 127 

 lactic acid bacteria, 127 

 quinine, quinidine, as catalysts, 

 128 

 Mandelonitriles, 126, 127, 128 



in asymmetric synthesis, 126-129 

 Manganese, role in fermentation, 365- 



368, 370-372 

 Mannose, fermentation by yeast, 145 

 Marsh test, 36 

 Mendelian principles, 46 

 Menthone, 23, 24 

 Metabolism, bacterial, 388 



effect of antiserum on, 388-390 

 Pneumococcus, 388-390 

 B. pyocyanetis, 388 

 E. typhosa, 388-390 

 anaphylaxis, injured cells in, 440 



