660 



INDEX 



Peroxidases, limits of availability of 



methods of estimation of, 542 

 measurement of oxygen consump- 

 tion in estimation of, 541 

 purpurogallin method of detec- 

 tion, 540 



sources of error in study of, 537 

 Peroxidase-like action of haemoglobin, 



539, 543 



Persodin in phenol poisoning, 477 

 Pettenkofer type of respiration appa- 

 ratus, 514 

 Pfliiger's living protein, 569 



method of glycogen estimation. 



221 

 on fat formation from protein, 



407 

 on sugar formation from protein, 



233 

 Pfliiger-Bleibtreu-Schondorf method of 



urea estimation, 106 

 Phenol, derivation from benzol, 468 

 detoxification by sulphuric acid in 



body, 477 

 hydroxylation into hydrochinon, 



468 



poisoning, persodin in, 477 

 Phenol-glycuronic acid, constitution 



of, 318 

 Phenolphthalin method of detecting 



peroxidases, 540 

 Phenylacetic acid, 478 

 Phenylalanin, 108, 473 



catabolism of, 467, 470 



in production of acetone bodies, 



439 



Phenylaminoacetic acid, 475 

 Phenylaminobutyric acid, 475 

 Phenylglyoxylic acid, 475 

 Phenylhydrazinsulphonic acid method 



of sugar estimation, 207 

 Phenylpropionic acid, 108, 112 



oxidation of, 465 

 Phenylpropionylglycocoll, 112 

 Philocatalase, 561 

 Philothian, 565 

 Phloridzin, 275 



action of, on mammary gland7 279 

 fat impoverishment from, 243 

 fate in body of, 280 

 influencing glycogen formation in 



liver, 278 

 -diabetes, 275 



glutaric acid preventing gly- 



cosuria of, 281 

 hyperglycaemia absent in, 275 

 hypoglycaemia of, 275 

 kidney in, 276 

 mechanism of, 280 

 metabolism in, 279 

 sugar formation in kidney in, 

 277 



Phloroglucin in detection of glycuronic 



acid, 324 

 Phorone, detoxification by sulphydril, 



478 



Phosphates in sugar catalysis, 342 

 Phosphatids of tissue as reducing 



agents, 567 



Phosphoric acid in alcoholic fermenta- 

 tion of sugars, 347 

 Phosphornucleases, 151 

 Phosphorus poisoning and acetone 



bodies, 432 

 autolysis in, 83 

 fat collection in liver in, 415 

 and fat phanerosis, 84 

 haemic changes in, 84 

 liver in, 84, 410 

 and urinary purin, 153 

 Phthalic acid, parenteral introduction 



of, 468 

 Picraminic acid, reduction product 



of picric acid, 471 

 Picric acid, reduction to picraminic 



acid, 471 



Pike's Peak expedition, 600 

 Pilocarpin stimulating pancreatic se- 

 cretion, 41 

 acting on glandular activity and 



urinary purin, 153 

 Placenta, fat passage through, 376 

 Plants, fat catabolism in, 391 



sugar formation from fat in, 246 

 Plasteins, 31 



possible application in synthesis 

 of protein digestive products, 

 61 

 Plesch's improvement in htemoglobin- 



ometry, 586 



Plumbism and gout, 186 

 Pnein, 563 



Pneumonia, chondroitin - sulphuric 

 and nucleinic acids in urine of, 147 

 Pneumonic and other exudates, auto- 

 lysis of, 85 



Polarimetric estimation of sugar, 206 

 Polarimetry of oxybutyric acid, 449 

 Polyfistulous dog, 70 



action of erepsin on, 50 

 Polypeptids, tryptic action on, 45 



racemic, splitting of, by proteoly- 



tic ferments, 93 



Polysaccharides, assimilation of, 229 



fate of, in alimentation, 197 



glycogen formation from, 229 



Potassium as catalytic agent in sugar 



catalysis, 343 



Potato starch, diastase acting on, 219 

 Pregnancy, Abderhalden's test in, 96 



laevulosuria in, 283 

 Prochymosin, 28 

 Propepsin, 23 



separation of, from lab-ferment, 

 23 



