INDEX 



325 



Urease, 162 



Uric acid, 163-166 



endogenous, 165 



exogenous, 165 



sources of, 164 



variations in disease, 166 

 Uricase, missing in man, 165 

 Urine, 155-172 



ammonia in, 167 



carbonates in, 171 



chlorides in, 169 



color and transparency of, 157 



consistency of, 158 



creatine and creatinine in, 167-169 



fermentation of, 159 



hippuric acid in, 166 



odor of, 158 



optical activity of, 159 



pathological constituents of, 172 

 (See Index of Laboratory 

 Work) 



phosphates in, 170 



reaction of, 160 



reducing power, 159 



sediments, 157 



specific gravity of, 158 



sulphates in, 170 



taste of, 158 



Urine Cont M 



total solids in, 158 

 toxic properties of, 160 

 urea in, 161-163 

 uric acid in, 163-166 

 volume of, 156 



Urobilin, source, 146 



Urochrome, 157 



Value of physiological chemistry, 18 

 Vegetables, as foodstuffs, 117 

 Vitamines, 197-199 

 Vitellin, 100 

 Vividiffusion, 175 



W 



Water, 19, 26 



absorbed in large intestine, 154 

 Waxes, 63 

 Work, and nitrogen excretion, 179 



Xanthine, 165 

 Xanthoproteic test, 83 

 Xylose, 34, 50 



Z 

 Zein in diet, 180 



