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INDEX 



Amino acids, as foodstuffs, 

 126, 131. 



as functional test of liver, 

 71. 



as protein sparers, 127. 



content of, in tissues, 77, 

 78, 79. 



deficiencies of, in gliadin, 

 148. 



deficiencies of, in zein, 

 155. 



description of, 12. 



fate of, in tissues, 76. 



formation of carbohy- 

 drates from, 109. 



formation of, from car- 

 bohydrates, 113. 



formation of, in gastric 

 digestion, 31. 



formation of, in intestinal 

 digestion, 35. 



formulas of, 12. 



further fate of, 99. 



in blood, 55, 73, 75, 78. 



in digestion, 28, 29. 



in duodenal contents, 35. 



in intermediary metabo- 

 lism, 78. 



in maintenance and 

 growth, 148. 



mono, 21. 



quantitative yields from 

 proteins, 22. 



relationship of different, 

 19. 



Amino acids, relation of, to 

 specific dynamic action, 

 123. 



specific role of, in nutri- 

 tion and growth, 136. 

 synthesis of, 107, 132, 134. 

 synthesis of, to protein, 



77. 



Ammonia, 93. 

 amounts of, in proteins, 



22, 23. 

 in intestinal putrefaction, 



39. 



Ammonium salts, as food- 

 stuffs, 131. 



Amounts of amino acids 

 yielded by proteins, 22. 

 Anabolism, 81. 

 Animal infantilism, 150. 

 Anomalies of amino acid 



metabolism, 114. 

 Arginase, 71. 

 Arginine, 17. 

 amounts of, in proteins, 



22, 23. 



catabolism of, 106. 

 dextrose formation from, 



112. 

 fate of, in putrefaction, 



44. 



in blood, 55. 

 urea from, 71. 

 Arbacin, 6. 



Artificial foodstuffs, value 

 of, in nutrition, 143. 



