INDEX OF SUBJECTS 



623 



Lipase in pancreatic juice, 233 



specificity of, 219 



synthetic action of, 223 

 Lipemia, 237 



in diabetes, 406 



Lipman's capillary electrometer, 443 

 Lipoid theory of narcosis, 294 

 Lipoids, 113 



distribution of, in cell, 286 



non-antigenic, 332 



in suprarenal cortex, 369 



surface tension and, 284 

 Lithium as foodstuff, 49 



urate, 553 

 Liver, deaminization in, 244 



extirpation of, effect on uric acid 

 excretion, 543 



oxidizing enzymes of, 412 



as source of fibrinogen, 348 



urea formation in, 542-543 

 Living matter, methods of study of, 19 

 Local anesthetics, effect of adrenaline on, 



370 



Lock and key hypothesis, 219 

 Locke's solution, 268 

 Longevity, 518 

 Lucerne, laccase from, 412 

 Lupinus luteus, galactin in, 86 

 Lymph as distributing agent, 335 



flow, 363 



origin and composition of, 362 



osmotic pressure of, 261 

 Lymphagogues, 363 

 Lysine, 562 



determination of, 145 



deficiency of, 491 



essentiality of, for tissue accretion, 

 490 



formula, 135 



nitrogen, 150 



separation of, 133 



M 



MAGNESIUM as foodstuff, 49 



formation of monstrosities, 470 



purgative action of, 317 



in tissue fluids, 269 



salts, anesthetic action of, 310 



glycosuria in, 399 

 Maintenance metabolism, 594 

 Malignant tumors, growth of, 472 

 Maltase, 78 



in pancreatic juice, 229 

 Maltose, 76, 78, 86 . 

 in photosynthesis, 437 

 possible forms of, 80 

 synthesis of, by emulsin, 222 

 tolerance of, in diabetes, 404 

 Mammary glands in castrated animals, 



377 



effect of pituitary extract on, 

 199 



Mammary glands, relation of, to growth 



of embryo, 379 



Mandelic acid ester, hydrolysis of, 219 

 Manganese in laccase, 412 

 Mannitol, 63 



oxidation of, in diabetes, 404 

 Mannosaccharic acid, 64 

 Mannose, 438 



Manometer for osmotic pressure meas- 

 urement, 258 

 Mass law, 162, 203 

 Master reaction, 478 



in food assimilation, 48 



in growth process, 483 



Meat consumed by different countries. 



579 



Mechanical work, 574, 576 

 Medicago saliva, laccase of, 346, 413 

 Medicine, relation of, to biochemistry, 



600 

 Medulla oblongata, respiratory control 



by, 365 

 Melanins, 413 

 Melibiose, 81 

 Membrane formation, 448, 450, 458 



effect of, on cell oxidations, 461 

 Memory, 521-524 



time relations of, 529 

 Memory trace, 526, 530 



fading of, 532 

 Menstrual fluid, 377 

 Mercapturic acid, 562 

 Mercuric chloride, adrenaline test of, 198 

 Metabolic rate, 500, 501, 509, 589 

 of infants, 591 

 of nervous tissues, 517 

 in old age, 512 

 Metabolism, basal, 422, 459, 588, 590, 



594 



carbohydrate, 391 

 chemical regulation of, 381-389 

 of children, 592 

 fat, 399 



intermediate, 391, 399 

 maintenance, 594 

 stimulation, of, by exertion, 589 

 Metamorphosis, 499 



influence of thyroid on, 486 

 Metastases in carcinoma, cholesterol 



effect of, 504 

 Metazoa, growth in, 477 

 Methane in excretions, 541 

 Methemoglobin, 351 

 Methyl glucosides, hydrolysis of, 218 

 glyoxaline, 66 

 guanidine, 388, 395 

 formula, 194 

 tetany, 389 



oleate, synthesis of, 223 

 orange, 271 

 pyrrole, 355 



oi-Methyl-d-glucoside, 73 

 0-Methyl-d-glucoside, 73- 

 Methylacetate, hydrolysis of, 439, 475 

 Milk, clotting of, 249 



