SUBJECT INDEX
417
Polygonum Orientale, pentose phosphate
cycle in, 72
Polyketomethylene compounds, antibiotics and, 319, 327, 329, 330
Polymyxin(s),
composition of, 288
mode of action of, 287-288
spectra of, 287
Polymyxin B,
fluorescent derivative of, 288
proposed structure of, 287
Polypeptide(s),
antibiotic, 281-291
sugars in, 271
synthesis, antibiotics and, 264, 267,
269
Polypeptin, degradation products of,
284-285
Polyphenol, epicuticle and, 98
Polyporenic acid(s), 311
Polyporus benzoinus, 311
Polyporus betulinus, 304, 311
Polyporus biformis, 306
Polyporus pinicola, 311
Polyribitol phosphate, cell walls and, 95
Polysaccharide,
capsular, sugar of, 265
Polyynes, antibiotic, 306-309
Pores, number and size of, 191
Porfiromycin, 302
Porta corticola, 307
Poria tenuis, 307
Porifera, chitin in, 97
Porphyridium, pentose phosphate cycle
in, 69
Potassium ions,
amino acid accumulation and, 145
corticoids and, 183
efflux, calcium and, 185, 186
frog skin and, 158
glucose transport and, 166
intestinal transport of, 164
intracellular content of, 153-154
passive flux, calcium and, 187
sugar transport and, 153
veratrine and, 173
Potassium tellurite, cell wall and, 277
Potato, pentose phosphate cycle in, 73,
74
Potential s),
bioelectric, solutes and, 164-168
Potential difference,
frog skin and, 159
membrane, origin of, 154-157
significance of, 155-157
Pregneninolone, behavior and, 211
Pregnenolone,
effect on males, 235
glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
and, 29
Primaquine, pentose phosphate cycle
and, 29-31, 36
Primates,
behavior, hormones and, 226-227
Prinia gracilis,
behavior, hormones and, 220
Pristimera grahami, 328
Pristimera indica, 328
Pristimerin, production of, 328
Procuticle,
chitin in, 98-99
lamination of, 99-100
Prodigiosin, 300
Progesterone,
aggressiveness and, 228
behavior and, 204, 219-221, 226, 229230, 236, 238, 239
effect on males, 235
glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
and, 29
incubation behavior and, 218
occurrence of, 214, 216, 221-222
Progestins,
male, source of, 222
Prolactin,
behavior and, 206, 213, 214, 218, 220,
221, 229, 230
pentose phosphate cycle and, 18—19,
46, 47
Proline,
antibiotics and, 282, 284, 289-291
prodigiosin and, 300
transport of, 144
Propionic acid, antibiotics and, 284, 315
2-Propionylthiazole-4-carboxylic acid,
antibiotics and, 284
Propylthiouracil, pentose phosphate cycle
and, 24, 25
417
Polygonum Orientale, pentose phosphate
cycle in, 72
Polyketomethylene compounds, antibiotics and, 319, 327, 329, 330
Polymyxin(s),
composition of, 288
mode of action of, 287-288
spectra of, 287
Polymyxin B,
fluorescent derivative of, 288
proposed structure of, 287
Polypeptide(s),
antibiotic, 281-291
sugars in, 271
synthesis, antibiotics and, 264, 267,
269
Polypeptin, degradation products of,
284-285
Polyphenol, epicuticle and, 98
Polyporenic acid(s), 311
Polyporus benzoinus, 311
Polyporus betulinus, 304, 311
Polyporus biformis, 306
Polyporus pinicola, 311
Polyribitol phosphate, cell walls and, 95
Polysaccharide,
capsular, sugar of, 265
Polyynes, antibiotic, 306-309
Pores, number and size of, 191
Porfiromycin, 302
Porta corticola, 307
Poria tenuis, 307
Porifera, chitin in, 97
Porphyridium, pentose phosphate cycle
in, 69
Potassium ions,
amino acid accumulation and, 145
corticoids and, 183
efflux, calcium and, 185, 186
frog skin and, 158
glucose transport and, 166
intestinal transport of, 164
intracellular content of, 153-154
passive flux, calcium and, 187
sugar transport and, 153
veratrine and, 173
Potassium tellurite, cell wall and, 277
Potato, pentose phosphate cycle in, 73,
74
Potential s),
bioelectric, solutes and, 164-168
Potential difference,
frog skin and, 159
membrane, origin of, 154-157
significance of, 155-157
Pregneninolone, behavior and, 211
Pregnenolone,
effect on males, 235
glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
and, 29
Primaquine, pentose phosphate cycle
and, 29-31, 36
Primates,
behavior, hormones and, 226-227
Prinia gracilis,
behavior, hormones and, 220
Pristimera grahami, 328
Pristimera indica, 328
Pristimerin, production of, 328
Procuticle,
chitin in, 98-99
lamination of, 99-100
Prodigiosin, 300
Progesterone,
aggressiveness and, 228
behavior and, 204, 219-221, 226, 229230, 236, 238, 239
effect on males, 235
glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
and, 29
incubation behavior and, 218
occurrence of, 214, 216, 221-222
Progestins,
male, source of, 222
Prolactin,
behavior and, 206, 213, 214, 218, 220,
221, 229, 230
pentose phosphate cycle and, 18—19,
46, 47
Proline,
antibiotics and, 282, 284, 289-291
prodigiosin and, 300
transport of, 144
Propionic acid, antibiotics and, 284, 315
2-Propionylthiazole-4-carboxylic acid,
antibiotics and, 284
Propylthiouracil, pentose phosphate cycle
and, 24, 25