CONTENTS 



BY BENJAMIN MOOKE 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. ENERGY TRANSFORMATIONS IN LIVING MATTER . 1 



II. CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN LIVING MATTER 



AND ITS PRODUCTS . . . . . . . .15 



Enzymes and Cells as Catalysts or Energy-Transformers . 15 

 Chemical Energy and Chemical Equilibrium . . .19 

 Bibliography 41 



III. VELOCITY OF REACTION, AND THE COMPARATIVE 



ACTION OF ENZYMES AND CELLS .... 43 



Equations for Velocity of Reaction 52 



Experimental Observations on Velocity of Reaction induced 



by Enzymes ......... 61 



Discussion of Experimental Results on Velocity of Reactions 



induced by Enzymes 78 



Effects on Velocity of Reaction of Alterations in the Con- 

 centration of Enzyme ....... 85 



Bibliography 91 



IV. INFLUENCE OF OTHER FACTORS UPON ENZYMES 



AND CELLS . ' . . 93 



Influence of Various Physical and Chemical Agencies on 



Enzymes and Living Cells 97 



Action of Antiseptics and Protoplasmic Poisons . . . 103 



Negative Catalysts . . . . . . . . .105 



Anti-Catalysts, Anti-Ferments, and Anti-Enzymes . .106 



Zymo-Excitators or Kinases . . . . f . .108 



Auto-Catalysis and Infection .112 



The Specific Nature of Catalytic Action . . . .114 



The Chemical and Physical Nature of Enzymes . . .117 



The So-called Inorganic Enzymes or Metal-Sols . . .118 



Bibliography 125 



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