SUBJECT INDEX. 



A. 



Abrin, 681. 



Abrus prsecatorius, 681. 



Absorption of carbohydrates, 65; of fat, 

 107; of lime, 373; of iron, 388; of 

 gases, 413; in the stomach, 508; in 

 the intestine, 532. 



Absorption coefficients (of the blood for 

 O, N and CO 2 ), 415; (of serum for 

 CO 2 ), 421. 



Absorption spectrum of oxyhemoglobin 

 and its derivatives, 560 et seq. 



Acceptors. See Side-chain theory. 



Acetal, 303. 



Acetanilid, 458. 



Acetic acid, formation from carbohy- 

 drates in the intestine, 63; in the 

 tissues, 74; f rom glycocoll, 170; from 

 bacterial action, 465; as product of 

 alcoholic fermentation, 483. 



Acetic acid bacteria, 448. 



Aceto-acetic acid, 97. 



Acetone, a cause of glucosuria, 81 ; elimi- 

 nation, 97; from leucine, 454; in 

 preserved yeasts, 464. 



Acetonuria, 97, 98. 



Acetone bodies, source of, 97, 98, 99, 454. 



p-Acetyl-amido-phenol, 458. 



Achras sapota, 39. 



Acid albumins, 121, 203. 



Acidity of blood, 99; of urine, 591. 



Acidosis, 99, 242. 



Acid, chemical and physico-chemical con- 

 ceptions, 591, 592; secretion of by 

 snails, 490. 



Acid fuchsin, 583. 



Acipenser stellatus, 137. 



Acipenserin, 137. 



Acromegaly, 609. 



Activation of muscle ferment, 88. 



Activity, optical, 15. 

 hypertrophic, 350. 



Acrose, 15. 



Adaptability, of salivary secretion, 489; 

 of gastric secretion, 501. 



Adaptation, chromatic, 160. 



Addison's disease, 603. 



Adelomorphous cells, 496. 



Adenine, 280, 297. 



Adhesion, importance in blood coagula- 

 tion, 545. 



Adipocere, 326. 



Adiposity, 111. 



Adonis vernalis, 29. 



Adonitol, 29. 



Adrenalin, 601 et seq. 



Aerobic bacteria, 412. 



Agar-agar, 42. 



Age, influence on metabolism, 629. 



Agglutination, 680. 



Alanine, 148, 304; action on muscles, 358; 

 taste, 490. 



Alanine anhydride, 228 et seq., 180, 186. 



Alanine carbonate of calcium, 233. 



Alanyl-alanine, 179, 180, 185, 228, 474. 



Alanyl-glycine, 179, 180, 186, 474. 



Alanyl-glycine anhydride, 186. 



Alanyl-glycyl-glycine, 474. 



Alanyl-leucine, 179, 184, 474. 



Alanyl-leucyl-glycine, 474. 



Albumin. See also Protein. 



Albumin, absorption of, 208; denatur- 

 ization of, 120, 121; from carbohy- 

 drates, 304; calorific value of, 333- 

 336; with regard to isodynamics, 

 336; as source of muscular energy, 

 337; as source of energy for gland- 

 work, 341; influence upon general 

 metabolism, 347, 348; circulating 

 and organized, 673 et seq.; content 

 of foodstuffs, 648. 



Albumin bodies, substituted, 127; clas- 

 sification of, 129 et seq.; size of 

 molecules, 127, 128; simple, 131; 

 compound, 131; true, 131. 



Albumin crystals, 121, 122, 125; fatten- 

 ing, 618, 642. 



Albumin decomposition, in Coma dia- 

 beticum, 100; by ferments, 166 et 

 seq.; in phosphorus poisoning, 328; 

 computation of extent of, 622, 627. 



Albumin derivatives in urine, 270, 271 ; 

 requirement, 221 et seq., 342, 343, 

 639 et seq.; with carbohydrates or 

 fats, 342 et seq.; with mixed diet, 

 342, 343. 



Albumin metabolism, 621, 637. 



Albumin synthesis, in the intestine, 208; 

 in animal body, 213; by fungi, 216; 

 in plants, 193, 201 et seq. 



Albumin putrefaction, 169, 170, 217, 218, 

 253. 



Albuminous glands, 485. 



Albumins, 131, 172. See also the vari- 

 ous albumins. 



Albuminates, 422. 



Abuminoids, 131, 176. 



Albumoids, 138. 



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