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Subject Index 



Acetylene 122 



Acids. (See also specific acids e.g. Lactic 



acid) hydroxy 90, 94, 108 



Krebs-cycle 149 



organic 87, 89-94 

 Acrylonitrile 122 



Adenosine triphosphate 127, 129, 176 

 Adsorption, asymmetric 105-108, ill 

 Alanine. (See also Amino acids) 102, 119, 



194 

 Albumin, serum. (See also Proteins) 182, 



183 

 Aldehydes. (See also Formaldehyde) 89-94 

 Algae 26, 31, 142, 144 

 Alkaloids 78, 79, 109, no, 113 

 Amide group, planarity 138 

 Amino acids 35, 43? TSj 87, 89, 90-94^ 96, 



98-104, 116, 136, 149, 150, 165, 174, 176, 



195 



aromatic, heterocyclic 120 



natural occurrence 141-146 

 Aminoacetonitrile 116, 117 

 Aminonitriles 90 



Ammonia 9, 10, 50, 87, 89, 90, 96, 1 16, 1 17 

 Ammonium compounds 22, 33, 77, 99, 



100, 149, 194 

 a- Amylase 170 

 y5- Amylase 172 

 Anabolism 152, 153 

 Anaemia, sickle-cell 140 

 Animals, morphological characteristics 141 

 Anions, sources 23 

 Antibodies 133, 135 

 Antigens 133 

 Antipodes 77-79, 106 

 Archaean stage 25, 26, 28 

 Arginine. (See also Amino acids) 122 

 Aspartic acid 119 



peptides 152 

 Asteroids 47, 49 

 Asymmetric resolution 81 

 Asymmetric syntheses 75-76, 79-83, 105- 



113 

 Atmosphere, earth 2, 6, 19, 26, 43, 44, 52, 



56, 63, 69, 85, 96, 102 



Mars 13, 50 



oxidizing 94 



planetary 8-14 



primary 21, 34 



Venus 12, 50 

 Atoms, aggregation 164 



Autocatalysis 126 

 Auxins 192 

 Azoprotein 133 



Bacteria. (See also Micro-organisms) 43, 64 



142, 143, 144, 172, 192 

 Basalts 16, 20, 28 

 Benzylcysteine 119 

 Binary star 2 



Biochemical processes 148-153, 170-178 

 Biogenic formations 24 

 Biological processes 191 

 Biological structures 158-169 

 Biopoesis. (See also Life, origin) 30-45, 



155-169 

 Biosphere, origin 15-29 

 Bitumens 71 

 Bonds 36, 132, 138, 139, 158, 165, 179, 180 



cryohydric and long range forces 162 



inter particulate forces, 133, 163 



Calcium carbonate 23 

 Cambrian stage 28, 29 

 Camphor 81 



Camphorsulphonic acid 1 1 

 Carbamyl phosphate 36 

 Carboligase 109, 113 

 Carbon 56 



syntheses from Ci 128 

 Carbon cycle 129 

 Carbon monoxide 102 

 Carbon dioxide 21, 33, 43, 50, 52, 56, 63, 



95, 127, 148 



fixation 36, 129 



Mars 13, 50 



Venus II, 12, 50 

 Carbohydrates. (See also Sugars) 23, 26 

 Carbonates 23, 26 

 Carelozoon jatulica 26 

 Catalase 125, 173 

 Catalysis, asymmetric 76, 105-113 

 Catalysts 35, 37, 44, 124-1275 I95 

 Cations, sources 23 

 Caustobiolites 71 

 Cells, first 153 



specialization 42, 156, 158 

 Chemical diversity 55-62 

 Chemical structure 146, 156-169 



theory 139 

 Chlorine 51 

 Chloroplasts 128, 130 



196 



