SUBJECT INDEX
589
Undecylic acid, oxidation of, 100
Unsaturated acids,
activation of, 78
oxidation of, 100
Urd bean, lipoxidase of, 91
Urea, 11, 504
Uridine diphosphate, 123
polyphosphate and, 133
Uridine diphosphate glucose, 110, 131
Uridine triphosphate, 123
Urine, autotrophs and, 365
Urocanic acid, imidazole acetylase and,
161
Urocanylcholine, 195
Urochordata, xxiii
phosphagens and, 152, 155
Uromyces,
carotenoids and, 280
phototropism and, 260
Ustihgo, cytochromes and, 457
V
Valeric acid,
activation of, 79
ethanol utilization and, 95
helminths and, 422
oxidation of, 97, 100
Valine, 158
Valyl adenylate, synthesis of, 141
van Niel, C. B., 13
Veillonelia gazogenes, 386
Vertebrates, xxiii, xxiv
adenosine triphosphate and, 162
amino acid activation and, 142
ergothioneine and, 198
evolution and, 331-332
glycolysis and, 424-428
onium compounds in, 182
phosphagens and, 152
vision and, 313-320, 342
Vesalius, 1
Verworn, 7
Vibrio, fatty acid oxidation and, 98-99
Vinylacetic acid, activation of, 79
Vinylacetyl isomerase, 95, 96
function of, 85-86
Vinyl phosphate, 147
synthesis of, 144
Virchow, Rudolph, 5
Vision,
action spectrum of, 312
quantum efficiency and, 318
Visual pigments,
genetic control and, 327-328
habitat relations and, 320-324, 330341
Visual system, evolution and, 341-343
Vitalism, equifinal systems and, 20
Vitamins A, 313
evolution and, 331-332
fish and, 321
invertebrates and, 340
isomerization, 313, 315-317
bleaching and, 317-318
solvent and, 317
ratios, euryhaline fishes and, 325-326
retinenes and, 315
structure of, 314
vision and, 343
Volutin, 133
sulfo-oxidizing bacteria and, 379-380
yeast and, 131-132
Volvox, xix, xxi
phototaxis and, 247, 271, 273
von Furth, Otto, 13
von Helmholtz, 12
von Liebig, 11
von Siebold, 5, 8
w
Water,
evaporation, heat loss and, 492-493
Wenzel, 5
Wheat,
ascorbic acid oxidase and, 473
cytochrome chain and, 454
phosphoenolpyruvate and, 147
White perch, visual pigment of, 321,
326, 327
Willstätter migration,
onium compounds and, 188—189
stachydrine and, 202
Work, forms of, 23-24
Worms,
blind, light and, 243-244
Wrasse-fishes, visual pigments of, 321
589
Undecylic acid, oxidation of, 100
Unsaturated acids,
activation of, 78
oxidation of, 100
Urd bean, lipoxidase of, 91
Urea, 11, 504
Uridine diphosphate, 123
polyphosphate and, 133
Uridine diphosphate glucose, 110, 131
Uridine triphosphate, 123
Urine, autotrophs and, 365
Urocanic acid, imidazole acetylase and,
161
Urocanylcholine, 195
Urochordata, xxiii
phosphagens and, 152, 155
Uromyces,
carotenoids and, 280
phototropism and, 260
Ustihgo, cytochromes and, 457
V
Valeric acid,
activation of, 79
ethanol utilization and, 95
helminths and, 422
oxidation of, 97, 100
Valine, 158
Valyl adenylate, synthesis of, 141
van Niel, C. B., 13
Veillonelia gazogenes, 386
Vertebrates, xxiii, xxiv
adenosine triphosphate and, 162
amino acid activation and, 142
ergothioneine and, 198
evolution and, 331-332
glycolysis and, 424-428
onium compounds in, 182
phosphagens and, 152
vision and, 313-320, 342
Vesalius, 1
Verworn, 7
Vibrio, fatty acid oxidation and, 98-99
Vinylacetic acid, activation of, 79
Vinylacetyl isomerase, 95, 96
function of, 85-86
Vinyl phosphate, 147
synthesis of, 144
Virchow, Rudolph, 5
Vision,
action spectrum of, 312
quantum efficiency and, 318
Visual pigments,
genetic control and, 327-328
habitat relations and, 320-324, 330341
Visual system, evolution and, 341-343
Vitalism, equifinal systems and, 20
Vitamins A, 313
evolution and, 331-332
fish and, 321
invertebrates and, 340
isomerization, 313, 315-317
bleaching and, 317-318
solvent and, 317
ratios, euryhaline fishes and, 325-326
retinenes and, 315
structure of, 314
vision and, 343
Volutin, 133
sulfo-oxidizing bacteria and, 379-380
yeast and, 131-132
Volvox, xix, xxi
phototaxis and, 247, 271, 273
von Furth, Otto, 13
von Helmholtz, 12
von Liebig, 11
von Siebold, 5, 8
w
Water,
evaporation, heat loss and, 492-493
Wenzel, 5
Wheat,
ascorbic acid oxidase and, 473
cytochrome chain and, 454
phosphoenolpyruvate and, 147
White perch, visual pigment of, 321,
326, 327
Willstätter migration,
onium compounds and, 188—189
stachydrine and, 202
Work, forms of, 23-24
Worms,
blind, light and, 243-244
Wrasse-fishes, visual pigments of, 321