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INDEX 



Blood Cont 'd 



gases, transference of, 122 



general functions of, 121 



guaiac test for, 103 



hydrogen-ion concentration of, 

 124 



laking of, 101 



plasma, composition of, 122 



platelets, 123 



osmotic pressure of, 124 



reaction of, 123 

 Bones, composition of, 121 

 Brain, composition of, 120 



glucosides found in, 38 

 Breadstuff s, value as foods, 118 

 Breakfast foods, value as foods, 118 

 Bromine, 21 

 Butter, 68 



Butter, value as food, 116 

 Buttermilk, 116 

 Butyric acid, 62 



Calcium, 21 



blood clotting dependent on, 22 



detection of, 25 



distribution in body, 25 



in clotting of milk, 22, 25, 99, 

 139 



phosphate in bone, 24 

 Calorimeter, 192 

 Cane sugar (See Saccharose) 

 Caprine, in brain, 120 

 Caramel formation, 39 

 Carbamino reaction of amino acids, 



80 

 Carbohydrates, 19, 27-61 



absorption of, 153 



amount in body, 19 



behavior with acids, 39 



behavior with alkalies, 38 



can be "built down," 37 



classification of, 34 



combinations of, 38 



composition of, 27 



distribution of, 27 



fats in body (See Metabolism of) 



fermentation of, 44 



individual groups, 49-61 



interconversion of, 37 



metabolism of, 39, 182-189 



metabolism D:N ratio, 189 



Carbohydrates Cont 'd 



optical activity of, 28 



origin of, 35 



osazone formation, 43 



oxidation of, 40 



reduction of, 42 



role in body, 182 



role in plants and animals, 27 



structure of, 27 



synthesis in animals, 36 



synthesis in laboratory, 36 



synthesis in plants, 35 



tests for, 40-44 

 Carbon, 21, 23 



Carbon monoxide hemoglobin, 105 

 Cartilage, composition of, 121 

 Caseinogen, altered by rennin, 138 

 Casein, digested by erepsin, 144 



general properties, 99 

 Cataphoresis, 86 

 Cellulose, 34, 59 



food value, 60 



value to body of, 118 

 Cerebron, in brain, 120 

 Cerebrosides, in brain, 120 

 Cheese, value as food, 117 

 Chewing, importance of, 127 

 Chlorides, 26, 169 

 Chlorine, 21 

 Chlorophyl, role in carbohydrate 



synthesis, 35 

 Cholesterol, 70, 71 



in bile, 146 



in brain, 120 

 Chromoproteins, 100 

 Chyme, 141 



causes flow of bile, 145 

 Coagulated proteins, 73, 110 

 Cod liver oil, 69 

 Collagen, properties, 96 

 Colloids, 84-87 



protective, 87 



Tyndalls phenomenon, 86 

 Conjugated glucuronates in urine, 



159 



Conjugated proteins, 73, 98-109 

 Connective tissue, composition of, 



121 



Cooking, importance of, 115 

 Copper, 21 

 Cream, 116 

 Creatine, in brain, 120 



in urine, 167 



