INDEX 



323 



Metabolism Cont 'd 



of carbohydrates, 182-189 



of energy, 191-195 

 in disease, 195 



of fats, 189 



of inorganic materials, 190-191 



of proteins, 174-182 

 Metaproteins, 73, 110 



in gastric digestion, 136 

 Methemoglobin, 105 

 Mett's tubes, 137 

 Milk, 104, 115 



souring of, 116 

 Milk sugar, (See Lactose) 

 Millon test, 83 

 Minimum, law of, 21 

 Molisch reaction, 44 

 Monosaccharides, 34, 49-54 

 Mouth, absorption in, 152 

 Mucic acid test, 53 

 Mucilages, 34, 59 

 Mucins, 98, 128 

 Mucoids, 98 

 Murexid test, 164 

 Muscle, composition of, 119 



contraction of, 119 

 Mutarotation, 33 

 Myosin, 96 

 Myosinogen, 96 



N 



Nerve, compounds in, 120 

 Neutral sulphur in urine, 170 

 Nitrogen, 21, 24 

 Nitrogen balance, 176, 177 

 Nuclease, intestinal, 148 



pancreatic, 145 

 Nucleic acid, 108 



source of, 164 



Nucleins, from nucleoproteins, 108 

 Nucleoproteins, 73, 107, 109 

 Nuts, value as food, 118 



O 



Oils, 64 



Oleic acid, 62 



Oleomargarine, 69 



Optical activity, 32, 33 



Optical isomers, number possible, 34 



Optimum temperature for enzymes, 



47 



Qsazones, 43 

 Oxalic acid, from carbohydrates, 38 



Oximes, 37 

 Oxygen, 21, 23 



Oxyhemoglobin, spectrum, 104 

 crystallization of, 102 



P 



Palmitic acid, 62 



Pancreas and sugar metabolism, 184 



Pancreatic juice, 141-142 



Paracasein, produced by rennin, 138 



Pentoses, 39, 49 



Pepsin, 137, 138, 139, 141 



Peptids, 73, 112 



behavior with enzymes, 93 



precipitation of, 93 



properties of, 92 



synthesis of, 90-92 

 Peptones, 73, 111 



in blood, 175 



in peptic digestion, 138 

 Phenol, gives Millon 's test, 83 

 Phloridzin diabetes, 185 

 Phosphates, 24 



in urine, 170 

 Phosphatides, 19, 69-71 

 Phospholipins, in brain, 120 

 Phosphoproteins, 73, 98, 99 

 Phosphorus, 21, 24 

 Pituitary, and metabolism, 200 

 Polariscope, 31 

 Polarized light, 29 

 Polysaccharides, 34, 57-61 

 Potassium, 21, 24, 25 

 Prolamines, 73, 96 

 Proline, built in body, 180 



in prolamines, 96 

 Protamines, 73, 97 

 Proteans, 73, 109 

 Proteins, 19, 72-113 



absorption of, 153 



amount in body, 19 



amount required, 176-181 



classification of, 73 



color tests for, 82-84 



elementary composition, 72 



evidence for structure of, 92 



form in which absorbed, 174 



general reactions, 82-89 



hydrolysis of, 75 



hydrolysis not symmetrical, 93 



importance, 72 



individual groups, 95-113 



metabolism of, 174-182 



