INDEX 



215 



Lecithin, 14 

 Lenticels, 156 

 Lipase, 128 

 Lungs, 159 



Maltase, 130 

 Malt extract, 114 

 Maltose, 202 



Mass action, Law of, 36 

 Measurement of ionic concentra- 

 tion, 45 

 Membranes, 49 

 Metabolism, 103 



of carbohydrates, 106 



of fats, 107 



of proteins, no 



phosphorus, 150 



sulphur, 149 

 Metaprotein, 23, 119 

 Methane, 2 

 Micro-organisms, 201 

 Molisch reaction, 8 

 Moore's test, 5 

 Mouth, digestion in, 116 

 Mucic acid test, 7 

 Muscle, 190 



Nerve tissue, 190 

 Nervous glycosuria, 198 

 Nitrogen fixation, 210 

 Nitrogenous equilibrium, 140 



Opsonin, 205 



Osmosis, 28 



Osmotic pressure, 29 



Oxidases, 70 



Oxygen, secretion of, 157 



Oxyhaemoglobin, 166 et seq. 



Pancreas, 196 

 Pancreatic juice, 126 

 Paraffin series, 2 

 Pavy's test, 5 

 Pentose tests, 7 

 Peroxidases, 70 

 Phagocytosis, 204 

 Phenyl hydrazine test, 6 

 Phloridzin glycosuria, 198 

 Phosphates in urine, 189 

 Phosphorous metabolism, 150 

 Photosynthesis, 89 et seq, 



effect of concentration of 

 substrate, 90 



Photosynthesis contd. 



effect of intensity of illumina- 

 tion, 93 



energy supply for, 98 



stages in, 100 

 Physiological action and chemical 



constitution, 194 

 Phytol, 97 

 Pigments, 95 et seq. 



of urine, 189 

 Pituitary gland, 195 

 Plasmolysis, 78 



Polarised light, rotation of, 10 

 Polysaccharides, 8 

 Precipitins, 205 

 Proteins, 21 



absorption of, 137 



biological value of, 149 



classification of, 23 



metabolism of, no 



minimum, 151 



reactions of, 2 1 



Respiration, 155 



external, 155 



internal, 170 



regulation of, 191 



tissue, 170 

 Respiratory pigment, 161 



quotient, 141 



Saliva, 117 



Secretin, 129 



Secretion, 118 



Seliwanoff reaction, 7 



Soil, 209 



Sols, 52 



Stomach, digestion in, 119 



Stomata, 156 



Sugar reactions, 5-8 



Sulphur, 2ii 



metabolism, 149 



reaction in proteins, 22 



in urine, 188 

 Surface tension, 47 

 Surfaces of separation, 49 

 Swim bladders, 157 



Thyroid gland, 191 

 Tracheae of insects, 159 

 Trommer's test, 4 

 Trypsin, 63, 126 

 Trypsinogen, 126 

 Tryptophane reaction, 22 



