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INDEX 



LEUCOCYTES, part played by, in protein 



synthesis, 9, 37. 

 Lipoids in diet, importance of, 75 ; in cell 



disintegration, 105. 

 Liver, in amino acid synthesis, 120; in cata- 



bolism of amino acids, 47 ; in protein 



storage, 82, 83. 

 Lysine synthesis, 63. 



MAMMARY gland as an excretory channel, 15. 



Monotony of diet, 76. 



Moulds, protein synthesis by, 50, 60, 65 ; 



deaminization by, 55. 

 Mucoid substances in blood, 17. 



NAPHTHALENE sulphochloride reaction, 21, 

 46. 



Nitrogen equilibrium, 14, 15, 23, 38, 39, 40, 

 65, 85, 86 ; output, 13, 50, 53, 77, 78, 

 100, 104, 109, in; retention, 13, 14, 

 38, 42, 43, 53, 58, 77, 80, 82, 85, 86, 

 99, 100, 113, 114, 118; utilization of 

 free nitrogen by plants, 50; by ani- 

 mals, 50. 



creatine ratio, 99, 100. 



phosphorus ratio, 84, 89. 



purine ratio, 102. 



sulphur ratio, 87, 103 ; as index of pro- 



tein catabolism, 88, 104. 

 Nuclein catabolism, 102. 



CXYGEN, effect of deficiency on protein cata- 

 bolism, 93. 



PALATABILITY of diet, effect of, 76. 

 Parenterally introduced protein, fate of, 13, 



28. 



Partition of diet, effect of, 78. 

 Perfusion experiments with peptone, 27. 

 Pharmacological evidence of retention, 84. 

 Phosphorus output, 89. 

 Plants, protein synthesis by, 50, 118. 

 Plastein formation, 29, 30, 31. 

 Polypeptides, importance of, in abiuret food 



mixtures, 37, 38, 39. 

 Precipitin reaction, 12, 14. 

 Premortal rise in nitrogen output, 105. 

 Protein minimum, 59, 66 ; in pregnancy, 71. 



sparers, 43, 68, 73, 97, 104, no, 116, 



1 20. 



Proteolytic ferments in tissues, 106, 107. 

 Psychic factor, 76. 

 " Pure" foods, 74. 

 Purine output. 102, 112. 



QUALITY of protein, 71. 

 RATE of blood flow, 19. 



Rate of catabolism, 87. 



Repair, protein intake for purposes of, 72. 



Residual nitrogen, 20, 21, 22, 24. 



Resynthesis of protein, 115. 



Retention of parenterally introduced pro- 

 tein, 13 ; form in which protein is re- 

 tained, 83. 



Reversibility of ferment action, 106. 



SELECTIVE activity of tissues, 26, 52. 



Specific dynamic action, 92. 



Starvation, 96; output of total nitrogen in, 

 96 ; of urea and ammonia, 97 ; of 

 creatine and creatinine, 98 ; of purines, 

 102 ; of sulphur, 103 ; constitution of 

 tissues after, 100, 104 ; ammonia con- 

 tent of blood during, 27 ; content of 

 blood and tissues in carbohydrate 

 during, 117. 



Storage of protein, 40, 58, 65, 79, 85, 86, 99 ; 

 influence of muscular work on, 80; 

 of growth on, 82 ; of convalescence 

 on, 82 ; form in which storage occurs 

 83, 8 4 . 



Structure, specific, of proteins, 107. 



Sulphur output, 87, 88, 103. 



Superimposition of proteins, 87, 88. 



Synthesis of amino acids in tissues, 64, 115, 

 119; of protein in the intestine, 16, 18, 

 23, 24, 25, 27, 28; of paranuclein, 33 ; 

 of protamine, 32, 64 ; of protein pro- 

 ducts, 10, 31. 



THEORIES of protein metabolism, 90. 

 Thermolabile and thermostable protein, 92. 

 Tissue protein, 90. 

 repair, 25. 



Transmutation of amino acids, 61. 

 Tryptophane, importance of, in diet, 39. 



UREA, retention of, 83, 84, 115. 



Urine, presence of amino acids, 44, 47, 105 ; 

 of proteins after injection, 13, 14, 15; 

 of proteins after cutting out the in- 

 testine, 28 ; of peptone, 9 ; of certain 

 pathological constituents, 5. 



VARIATIONS in composition of tissue protein, 

 60. 



WATER, influence of, an absorption from the 

 intestine, 12 ; on protein catabolism, 

 zoo, 101. 



Work, influence of muscular, on the output 

 of nitrogen, 109; on the general 

 metabolism, 113 ; on the catabolism 

 of protein, 113. 



ZEIN feeding, 63, 64, 73, 75. 



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