HYDRi 



Now it 1^ clear thai if we increi ! 1 < » in thi 



in order thai K may remain unchanged < II < »< • < < II 

 the substances which form the oumerator of ti 

 or both these changes musl occur. A- a i 

 the above, both of these adjustments I 

 down, it iniiM thereby increase tin- concenl 



Since in aqueous solutions the reaction juts in the pi 



of water, it is evidenl that the tendency for a: 



water is to break down into alcohol and ami. and th all 



reactions in the bodj Quids in which water enters inl 



Physiological Applications. The application i 

 in the explanation of biochemical pro 

 the reactions which enzymes or ferments art 

 of the same general nature as thai represented ah 

 of their activities arc usually the substances on th< side 

 in which no water molecules appear i.e., they are hydi 

 Enzymes merely accelerate the reaction 

 with a mixture of the substances on either sid< of th< 



• In is tn .- elerate the production of a sufficienl c 



on the other Bide, until the equilibrium poinl 



an enzyme present in pancreatic juice, call< 



breakdown of such esters as neutral fat, which consists mic 



alcohol, glycerol, combined with the fatty acids palmitic C II '''"'11 . 



stearic c || COOB and oleic C T B COOH : 



'■II ',11 I M OH 



(tin- neutral fat, 



tri-r 



Under ordinarj conditions the reaction pi a until 



neutral t'at has become decomposed because 



water, hut if we start with a mixture of I I With 



just enough water to permit the enzymi I 



■ I in the opposite direel ion i e., bo thai Bon 

 s\ nthesized. This is called the • 



l '• cause "i' the universal pr 

 versible reactions could nut alone I" 



sis of neutral fat or of similar BUD81 I 



way by which synthesis could occur under tl • 

 if the Bubstance produ ^ w ith 1 



site of the read ion i a boob as I 



precipitation of the SUD8tai 



\ elope of BOme inert mat. rial I-, • ■ ■ 



