INDEX 



Absorption, 



from intestine, 48. 



from large intestine, 56. 



from stomach, 46, 47. 



of amino acids, 47, 54, 56. 



of amino acids by rectum, 

 131. 



of amino acids by tissues, 

 76. 



of fat, 53. 



of proteoses and pep- 

 tones, 52, 56. 



of putrefactive products, 

 56. 



of undigested protein, 48. 

 Accessory foodstuffs, 146. 

 Acetic acid, 101. 

 Acetone, 101. 

 Acid, acetic, 101. 



aspartic, 16. 



caseinic, 18. 



glutamic, 16. 



hippuric, 108. 



homogentisic, 106, 115. 



isovaleric, 100. 



lactic, 111, 112, 113. 



nucleic, 7. 



uric, 93. 

 Acids, amino, 12. 



diamino, 21. 



hydroxy, 38. 



Acids, ketone, 100. 

 monoamino, 21. 

 Adrenaline, see also Epine- 



phrine, 138, 141. 

 Alanine, 13. 

 amounts of, in proteins, 



22,23. 

 dextrose formation from, 



111. 

 formation from glycogen, 



113. 



in blood, 55. 

 Albuminates, 9. ' 

 Albuminoids, 6. 

 Albumins, 4, 5. 

 Alcohol-soluble proteins, 4, 



5. 



Alkaptonuria, 114. 

 Amides, as foodstuffs, 131. 

 Amines, 40. 



fate of, 57. 

 Amino acid, definition of, 



12. 

 metabolism, anomalies of, 



114. 



Amino acids, 12. 

 absorption of, 54, 56, 76. 

 absorption of, by rectum, 



131. 



action of intestinal bac- 

 teria upon, 38. 



