996 



SUBJECT INDEX 



lipid biosynthesis, 493 



liver glycogen in vivo, 481 



methemoglobin formation, 489, 515- 



516 



mitosis, 528 



mutations induced in bacteria, 558 



NADH oxidation by, 434 



oxidation-reduction potential, 430 



oxidative phosphorylation, 479 



phage inactivation, 578 



photosynthesis, 495 



purine biosynthesis, 494 



reactions with amino acids, 444 



reactions with thiols, 438-439 



respiration, 488 



RNA biosynthesis, 494 



schistosomiasis, 577, 581 



skin, 



hyperplasia, 539 

 membrane potential, 504 



solubility of, 428 



thiamine destruction, 571 



tissue distribution, 581-582 



trichinellosis, 577 



yeast growth, 570-571 

 Menadione bisulfite, solubiUty of, 428 

 Menadione-3-sulfonate, 



bacterial growth, 550 



enzyme inhibitions, 451 

 Menadione-8-sulfonate, nerve membrane 



potentials, 500 

 Meningiomas, arsenite uptake, 773 

 Mercaptans, see Thiols 

 2-Mercaptoaceto-l,4-naphthoquinone, fi- 

 broblast mitosis, 534 

 Mercapto groups, see Sulfhydryl groups 

 2-Mercato- 1 ,4-naphthoquinone, 



fungal growth, 566 



pyruvate decarboxylase, 457, 467, 573 



spore germination, 573 

 Mercurials, 



enzyme inhibitions, comparison with 



other SH reagents, 818 



urinary amino acids, 321 



urinary keto acids, 321 

 p-Mercuribenzoate, 



reaction rates with thiols, 610-611 



ribonuclease, 33 



Mercuric ion, 



bacterial growth, 755 



enzyme inhibitions, 818 

 Mersalyl, Na+-K+ levels in skin, 194 

 Mesaconate (methylfumarate), mitosis, 



322 

 Mesoxalate, diabetogenic action, 385 

 Methemoglobin, formation by quinones, 



489, 515-516 

 Methionase, arsenite, 634 

 Methionine, antagonism of alloxan, 



388 

 Methionine: HjOa oxidoreductase, hydro- 



quinone, 454 

 2-Methoxy-3- chloro - 1 ,4 - naphthoquinone, 



fungal growth, 564, 567 

 3-Methoxymenadione, 



bacterial growth, 546, 549 



glycolysis (aerobic), 483 



peroxidase, 456, 476 

 2-Methoxy- 1 ,4-naphthoquinone, 



fungal growth, 562-563, 565-567, 569, 



572 



oxidation-reduction potential, 430 



pyruvate decarboxylase, 457, 573 



spore germination, 573 

 4-Methoxytoluquinone, fungal growth, 



568 

 5-Methoxytoluquinone, 



enzyme inhibitions, 447, 449, 451-452, 



455, 457 



fungal growth, 563, 566, 568 



methemoglobin formation, 516 



oxidation-reduction potential, 430 



phage inactivation, 578 



planaria, 576 

 6-Methoxytoluquinone, bacterial growth, 



544-546, 548-549 

 Methylalloxan, diabetogenic action, 384 

 Methylarsenoxide, enzyme inhibitions, 



634, 638 

 Methylarsonate, fibroblast growth, 770 

 Methyl-2>-benzoquinone, see Toluquinone 

 2-Methyl - 3 - chloro - 1,4 - naphthoquinone, 



reaction with thiols, 438 

 /3-Methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase, 



iV-ethylmaleimide, 351 



iodoacetate, 143 



