INDEX 



(See also separate index for laboratory work) 



Abderhalden reaction, 123 

 Absorption, 152-154 



general, 152 



in intestine, 152 



in mouth, 152 



of carbohydrates, 153 



of fats, 154 



of proteins, 153 



spectra, 50 



Acetone bodies, in diabetes, 190 

 Acidity of gastric contents, 134 



in disease, 136 

 Acrolein test, 66 

 Adamkiewicz test, 83 

 Adenine, 165 

 Adrenalin, 184, 199, 200 

 Albuminates (See Metaproteins) 

 Albuminoids, 73, 96 

 Albumins, 73, 95 

 Alcaptonuria, 157 

 Alcohol, as protein precipitant, 89 



utilization of, 195 

 Alkaloidal reagents, as protein pre- 



cipitants, 89 



Almen Nylander test, 42 

 Amines from amino acids, 94 

 Amino acid requirements, 179-181 

 Amino acids, absorbed, 153 



action of formaldehyde on, 80 



action of nitrous acid on, 81 



action with bases, 80 



addition of acids, 80 



as essential diet factors, 112 



as source of urea, 162 



conversion to amines, 94 



fate of, 175 



feeding with, 181 



from proteins, 76 



general properties, 79 



glycogen formers, 189 



in blood, 174 



Amino acids Cont 'd 



isolation of optical isomers, 90 



list and formulae, 76-79 



oxidation of, 81 



per cent obtained from proteins, 



76 

 Amino sugars, from lobster shells, 



53 



Ammonia in urine, 167 

 Amylase, pancreatic, 144 

 Anaerobic respiration, 43 

 Arabinose, 34, 50 

 Arginine, source of urea, 163 



split by alkali, 81 

 Arsenic, 21 

 Ash, amount in body, 19 



B 



Basterial action, intestinal, 149 

 Barfoed's test, 41 

 Barley sugar, 55 

 Beri-beri, 197 

 Bile, 141, 145-147 



amount secreted, 145 



cause of flow, 145 



composition of, 146 



effect on fat digestion, 144 



effect on tryptic digestion, 143 



in fat absorption, 154 



role in digestion, 146 

 Bile pigments, 146 

 Bile salts, 147 

 Bilirubin, 146 

 Biuret, from urea, 161 

 Biuret test, 82 



Birotation (See Mutarotation) 

 Blood, 121-125 (See also Hemoglob- 

 in, etc.) 

 Blood, catalytic activity of, 102 



coagulation of, 124 



composition of, 122 



corpuscles, composition of, 122 



enzymes in, 123 



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