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INDEX 



Proteins Cont 'd 



molecular weight of, 75 



peptid linkage in, 90 



precipitation reactions, 84-89 



preparation of, 74 



putrefaction of, 93 



specific nature of, 182 



storage of, 175, 176 



structure of, 89-93 

 Proteoses, 73, 111 



in blood, 174 



in peptic digestion, 138 

 Protoplasm, properties of, 18 

 Ptomaines, 94, 149 

 Ptyalin, 128 

 Puncture diabetes, 183 

 Purine bases, from nucleic acid, 108 



sources of uric acid, 164 



synthesis in body, 166 

 Putrefaction, intestinal, 149 



intestinal, reduced by bile, 146 



of proteins, 93 

 Pylorus, control of, 140 

 Pyrimidene bases, from nucleic acid, 



108 

 Pyruvic acid, 81, 176 



Rennin, 138, 139 



pancreatic, 144 

 Respiratory quotient, 186 

 Rhamnose, 27 

 Ribose, 34 



3 



Saccharose, 34, 54-56 

 Saliva, 127-130 

 Saponification of fats, 65 

 Secondary protein derivatives, 111- 



113 



Secretin, 142 



Sexual glands, and metabolism, 200 

 Silicon, 21 

 Silver, 21 



Simple proteins, 73, 95-98 

 Skatol, 94, 149 

 Skin, 125 

 Soap, as cleansing agent, 66 



as emulsifier of fats, 64 

 Soda lime, test for N, 24 

 Sodium, 21, 24, 25 

 Sodium chloride in diet, 25 



phosphate, 24 



Specific dynamic action of foods, 



194 



Specific rotation, 29 

 Spleen, contains iron, 25 

 Starch, 34, 35, 58-59 



digested by pancreatic juice, 144 



digested by saliva, 129 

 Starvation, 196-197 

 Steapsin, pancreatic, 144 

 Stearic acid, 62 

 Stokes reagent, 101 

 St. Martin, Alexis, 132 

 Stomach, absorption in, 152 



digestion in, 131-140 



importance of, 131 



why not digested. 140 

 Succus entericus, 141, 147 

 Sucrose, (See Saccharose) 

 Sugar in blood, 182 

 Sugar center in brain. 183 

 Sulphates, detection of, 24 



in urine, 170 

 Sulphur, 21. 24 



in proteins, test for. 84 

 Suprarenals, and blood sugar, 184 



Teeth, composition of, 121 

 Temperature of body, control of. 



199 



Temporary glycosuria, 186 

 Thymus, and metabolism, 201 

 Thyroid, and metabolism, 200 



contains iodine, 26 

 Triolein, distribution, 68 

 Tripalmitin, distribution, 68 

 Tri stearin, properties, 68 

 Trypsin, 143 

 Trypsinogen, 143 

 Tryptophane, body's need of, 180 



destruction of, by bacteria, 149 



in Adamkiewicz test, 84 

 Tyndall's phenomenon, 86 

 Tyrosine, bacterial destruction of, 

 149 



in Millon's test, 83 



need of, 180 



U 



Unoxidized sulphur, test for, 24 

 Urea, 161-163 



physiological action of, 163 



sources of, 162 



