782 
Aminoaciduria, abnormal, (continuation) 
—, —, in human, 248-259 
—, acute yellow atrophy, 258 
—, cirrhosis, 258 
—, classification, 253-259 
—, congenital cirrhosis, 257 
—, definition, 221 
—, effect age, 271-274 
—, — hereditary diseases, 206-217 
—, enteritis, 268 
—, factors affecting, in human, 228, 229 
—, Fanconi syndrome, 256 
—, galactosemia, 257 
—, gargoylism, 257 
—, in heavy metal intoxication, 259 
—, hepatic coma, 258 
—, in human newborn, 201 
—, lipoidic nephrosis, 256, 257 
—, liver disorder, 258 
—, Lowe syndrome, 257 
—, muscular dystrophy, 257 
—, normal, in children, 229-231 
—, — in human, 225-231 
—, Penicillium chrysogenum, 90 
—, Phaseolus vulgaris, 29, 30 
—, pregnancy, 241 
—, protein ingestion, 274 
—, viral hepatitis, 258 
—, vitamin C deficiency, 258, 259 
—, vitamin D deficiency, 254, 258, 2590 
—, Wilson’s disease, 257 
a-Aminoadipic acid, human urine, 200 
a-Aminobutyric acid, in human blood plasma, 
197 
—, human urine, 200 
y-Aminobutyric acid, 
absence in cerebrospinal fluid, 509 
—, binding in brain, 291, 292, 517, 770 
—, brain, 472-474 
—, —, effect aminoxyacetic acid, 506, 507 
—, —, — drugs, 493-497 
—, —, — hydroxylamine, 466, 467 
—, —, — 4-methoxymethylpyridoxine, 501 
—, —, — psychotropic drugs, 466, 467 
—, —, — thiosemicarbazide, 501, 502 
—, cerebrospinal fluid, 202 
—, chicken, brain, changes during develop- 
ment, 302—305 
—, combined forms, 474 
—, conversion to glutamine, 725 
—, differences in brain, 287, 288 
—, formation in brain, 295 
—, function in nervous system, 473 
—, in HeLa cells, 696 
—, heterogeneous pool, 729 
—, human saliva, 203 
—, human urine, 200 
—, Lactobacillus avabinosus, 93, 96, 97 
—, metabolism in carrot explants, 674, 675 
—, — insects, 131 
—, mouse, brain, changes during development, 
302 
—, Nerve, 473, 474 
—, occurrence in bound form, 79 
SUBJECT INDEX 
y-Aminobutyric acid, occurrence in (continu- 
ation ) 
Sie US CCLSumIAL penis O eleo eT 
—, Rana catesbeiana, brain, changes during 
development, 302, 303 
—, rat plasma, 719 
—, relation to convulsive seizures, 516, 517 
—, — glutamine synthesis, 672 
—, — seizures, 467 
—, synthesis from succinic semialdehyde, 72 
—, unique occurrence in central nervous 
system, 287, 288 
a-Amino-n-butyric acid, in blood plasma, 355 
—., liver after partial hepatectomy, 327 
—, plasma, effect phenylhydrazine, 408 
y-Amino-n-butyric acid, conversion to gluta- 
mine in carrot, 29 
—, Gonyaulax polyhedra, 176 
—, Liliaceae, 2 
—, plants, 2 
—, potato tuber, 26, 2 
y-Aminobutyric-a-ketoglutaric transaminase, 
effect aminooxyacetic acid, 506, 507 
— —, hydroxylamine, 503, 505 
y-Aminobutyrobetaine, CoA ester, 516 
y-Aminobutyrylcholine, in brain, 474 
y-Aminobutyrylhistidine, in brain, 474, 479 
1-Aminocyclopentane-1-carboxylic acid 
(see cycloleucine) 
2-Aminoethylphosphonic acid, occurrence in 
Coelenterata, 186 
a-Aminoisobutyric acid, accumulation by Stap- 
hylococcus aureus and Bacillus megaterium, 
612, 613 
—, concentration by ileum, 535 
—, effect of pyridoxal on accumulation, 541 
—, uptake, 530, 531, 536, 537 
f-Aminoisobutyric acid, brain, 478 
—, excretion, 248-251, 253, 254, 257, 258, 523 
—, — chect Xqirradiation 25 Omonlen2 53 
—, — by human, 199 
—, — human newborn, 201 
—, — leukemiay 2776 
—, formation from thymine, 71, 72 
—, occurrence in invertebrates, 169 
—, origin, 251, 257 
—, urine, 217, 227, 230 
$/-Aminoisobutyric aciduria, 217, 248, 249 
a-Aminolevulinic acid, in human urine, 200 
Aminopeptidase, hog kidney, 513 
4-Aminopipecolic acid, occurrence in Strophan- 
thus scandeus, 45 
a-Aminovaleric acid, in saliva, 509 
Aminoxyacetic acid, effect on, amino acids in 
rat tissues, 505-507 
—, — brain enzymes, 506, 507 
Ammonia,incorporation into glutamine, 725,726 
—, — — in brain, 340 
— intoxication, effect on amino acids in rat 
tissues, 340 
— toxicity, effect arginine, 518 
Ammonium, effect on cell wall in Lactobacillus 
avabinosus, 584-587 
— salts, effect on brain glutaminelevels, 450 
