INDEX 



(See also separate index for laboratory work) 



Abderhalden. reaction, 142 

 Absorption, 173-175 



general, 173 



in intestine, 173 



in mouth, 173 



of carbohydrates. 174 



of fats, 175 



of proteins, 174 



spectra, 68 



Acetone bodies, in diabetes, 213 

 Acidity of gastric contents, 156 



in disease, 157 

 Acrolein test, 84 

 Adamkiewicz test, 102 

 Adenine, 186 

 Adrenalin, 205, 224 

 Adsorption, 33 



Albuminates, (see Metaproteins) 

 Albuminoids, 92, 112 

 Albumins, 92, 111 

 Alcaptonuria, 178 

 Alcohol, as protein precipitant, 105 



utilization of, 220 

 Alkaloidal reagents, as protein pre- 



cipitants, 105 

 Almen Nylander test, 56 

 Amines from amino acids, 110 

 Amino acid requirements, 200, 201 

 Amino acids, absorbed, 174 



action of formaldehyde on, 99 



action of nitrous acid on, 100 



action with bases, 99 



addition of acids, 99 



as essential diet factors, 133 



as source of urea, 183 



conversion to amines, 110 



fate of, 196 



feeding with, 202 



from proteins, 95 



general properties, 98 



glycogen formers, 210 



in blood, 195 



Amino acids Cont'd 



isolation of optical isomers, 107 



list and formula?, 95-98 



oxidation of, 100 



per cent obtained from proteins, 



95 

 Amino sugars, from lobster shells, 



71 



Ammonia in urine, 188 

 Amylase, pancreatic, 165 

 Anaerobic respiration, 57 

 Antiketogenesis, 205 

 Arabinose, 48, 68 

 Arginine, source of urea, 184 



split by alkali, 102 

 Arsenic, 35 



Ash, amount in body, 19 

 Assimilation limit, 207 

 Autocatalysis, 61 



B 



Basal metabolism, 219 



Bases, 19 



Bacterial action, intestinal, 170 



Barfoed's test, 56 



Barley sugar, 73 



Benedict's test, 56 



Beri-beri, 222 



Bile. 162, 166-168 



amount secreted, 166 



cause of flow, 166 



composition of, 167 



effect on fat digestion, 165 



effect on tryptic digestion, 164 



in fat absorption, 175 



role in digestion, 167 

 Bile pigments, 167 

 Bile salts, 168 

 Bilirubin, 167 

 Biuret, from urea, 182 

 Biuret test, 101 

 Birotation (see Mutarotation) 



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