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INDEX 



Liver, in amino acid metab- 

 olism, 71. 



role of, in protein synthe- 

 sis, 129. 

 Lysine, 16. 



absence of, in zein, 137. 



amounts of, in proteins, 

 22, 23. 



inability of body to syn- 

 thesize, 152. 



in blood, 55. 



influence of, on growth, 

 152, 155, 156. 



in gliadin, 137, 148. 



in maintenance, 156. 



Maintenance, and growth, 



143. 

 influence of lysine upon, 



156. 

 influence of tryptophane 



upon, 155, 156. 

 influence of zein upon, 



155. 



Metabolism, 81. 

 and heat production, 89. 

 of amino acids, 99. 

 of plethora, 124. 

 Metaproteins, 9. 

 Milk, and growth, 144, 145. 

 food, influence of, on 



stunting, 150. 

 protein-free, 143, 144, 145, 



149, 155. 



Monoamino acids, 21. 

 Mucoids, in blood, 60, 61. 



Neutral sulphur, 93. 

 Nitrogen, equilibrium, 97. 



form needed by body, 1. 



in protein, 1, 2. 



in tissue formation, 96. 

 Norleucine, 14. 

 Nucleic acid, 7. 

 Nucleoproteins, 7. 

 Nutrition, specific role of 

 amino acids in, 136. 



Occurrence, and character- 

 istics of proteins, 5. 



Organized protein, 84. 



Ornithine, 44. 

 dextrose formation from, 

 112. 



Ovalbumin, growth with, 

 148. 



Ovovitellin, growth with, 

 148. 



Oxidative deamination, 99. 



Oxyproline, 18. 

 amounts of, in proteins, 

 22, 23. 



p.oxyphenylethylamine, 40. 

 Parenteral introduction of 



protein, fate of, 49. 

 Peptides, 10, 26. 

 Peptone, action of erepsin 



upon, 34. 



in gastric digestion, 31. 

 Peptones, 10. 

 in intestinal putrefaction, 



37. 



