1192 



SUBJECT INDEX 



a-Mercaptopropionate, lactate dehydro- 

 genase, 437 



6-Mercaptopurine, 



adenosine deaminase, 466 

 inosinic acid metabolism, 281 

 metabolic products of, 481 

 purine metabolism, 480 

 xanthine oxidase, 282 



6-Mercaptopurine nucleotide, 

 adenylosuccinate lyase, 466, 481 

 adenylosuccinate synthetase, 467 

 polynucleotide phosphorylase, 481 



Mercaptosuccinate, lactate' dehydroge- 

 nase, 437 



Mercuhydrin, see Meralluride 



Mercurialism, see Mercurials, toxicity 



Mercurials, 



accumulation in kidneys in vivo, 923-924 

 acetate uptake by diaphragm, 912 

 acrodynia, 953-954 

 active transports, 907-917, 936-937 

 actomyosin, 938-940 

 affinities for ligands, 732-741, 744 

 ameboid movement, 982 

 amino acid complexes with, pH effects, 

 760-761 



amino acid levels in liver, 954 

 auxin transport, 967 

 bacterial growth, 970-976 

 bacterial uptake of, 974-975 

 bioluminescence, 888-891 

 catecholamine release by, 947 

 Ca++ uptake by mitochondria, 909-910 

 cell membranes, 892-907 

 central nervous system, 951-952 

 chemical properties, 730-745 

 citrate accumulation in vivo, 927 

 coenzyme A complexes with, 750 

 COa fixation, 892 



colored, histochemical SH determina- 

 tions, 766-768 



comparison of inorganic and organic, 

 743-745 



conditioned reflexes, 985 

 crystalhne mercuri-enzymes, 768-770 

 Cu++ uptake by liver, 910, 913 

 determination of protein SH groups, 

 762-768 



dissociation into Hg++, 930-935 

 diuretics, see also Mercurials, kidney 



release of Hg++, 930-935 



structures of, 917 



type structure of, 930 

 electrocardiogram, 945 

 electron transport, 870-872 

 embryogenesis, 963-965 

 enzyme inhibitions, 768-869 



coenzyme displacement, 784-787 



comparison of mercurials, 860-861 



configurational changes, 787-790 



effect of buffers, 797-798 



effect of ionic strength, 797 



effect of pH, 790-797 



kinetics, 771-778, 908-815 



meaning of K„ 861-862 



methods of expressing inhibitions, 



861-862 



mutual depletion situations, 861- 



862 



protection, 778-784 



rates of, 809-815 



reversals, 821-828 



type of, 771-778 

 ethanol oxidation, 898 

 fatty acid biosynthesis, 887 

 fatty acid oxidation, 887 

 functionality, 743 

 ganglionic transmission, 949 

 gastric acid secretion, 914-916 

 glucose uptake, 893-894, 903-905, 910- 

 911 



glycolysis, 874-877 

 growth stimulation, 967-968, 971 

 GSH level in erythrocytes, 905-906 

 heart, 940-948 

 hemoglobin, 755-757, 760 

 hemolysis, 900-907 

 histamine release by, 949 

 histological changes, 954-955 

 intestine, 909-917, 948-949 



membrane potentials, 916-917 



motility, 948-949 



transports, 909-911, 913-914, 916- 



917 

 invertebrates, 961-963 

 K+ efflux, 



