Subject Index
Acclimation, altitude 187
-, cold 92, 106 ff.
acetoxycycloheximide 238
acetylcholine, inactivation 99
actinomycin D 166, 173, 238
activation energy, glvcolytic oscillation
214
- -, urease 152
activation, phosphofructokinase 224
-, spontaneous, VNC 258
activity state, stable 37
- -substrate relationship 40, 43
adaptation, cold 106 ff.
--, temperature 95 If.
adrenaline, calorigenesis 274, 275
age, gestational 128
-, mitochondrial change 147, 148
alcohol, liver metabolism 155
aldolase 211, 212, 217
Algol-like language 76
allometry, formula 114,248
-, metabolic function 115,245
allosteric inhibition 195
a-glycerophosphate 215, 222
a-ketoglutarate, frog hean 222 If.
a-sympathicolytics 155
aminoacids 48, 72, 88, 126, 179
3'5'AMP, glycogenolysis 276
anabolism-catabolism 113. 117, 118,
123, 124, 125, 129
anaerobic glvcolysis, kidney 190
analogue approach 52
"anti-tranquillizer" 257
apo-repressor 34
arginine pathway, E. coli 195
- -, /I.'eurospora 17, 76
A TP balance, heart 222 If.
-, brain, hypoxia 188, 189
- consumption 276
-, dark-recover!' 169
-, DNA-strands 173
-, hydrolysis 62,216
-, ischemia 190 ff.
-, production 145
-, resynthesis 213, 214
-', yield 217
atrophy, age 147
atropine 99
automata, cellular 202, 203, 204
-, growing 7
-, internal state 6, 34
-, molecular 33
-, self-organizing 7
-, self-reproducing 7
auxin metabolism, radiation 141
azide, radiation repair 169
Bakers yeast, heat production 88, 90
balance equations 84
basal metabolism, birds 103, 104
-- -, man 265
basins, stable orbits 27,29,32
behavior, system 15, 24 ff., 46 ff.
Bellman-equations, generalized 203
Bendixson-criterion 44
Bertalanffy-equation 124, 132
fJ-galactosidase 195
(l-sympathicolytics 155
binary logic, rhythmic 30 If.
"biological quality" 204
biosynthetic reactions 144
biosystem, set-theoretical 46 ff.
"bioton" 134
birds, total heat production 102 ff.
-, erythrocytes, heat production 88
"black box", biological 47,48
blood flow, basal 267
-- -, skin 275
- -, thermoregulatory 270
blood lactate, catecholamines 277
body size, maximum 131
- -, metabolism, relation 130,245
"bottle-neck problem" 279
brain, hypoxia 184 ff.
-, memory capacity 236
-, size, metabolism 247
Acclimation, altitude 187
-, cold 92, 106 ff.
acetoxycycloheximide 238
acetylcholine, inactivation 99
actinomycin D 166, 173, 238
activation energy, glvcolytic oscillation
214
- -, urease 152
activation, phosphofructokinase 224
-, spontaneous, VNC 258
activity state, stable 37
- -substrate relationship 40, 43
adaptation, cold 106 ff.
--, temperature 95 If.
adrenaline, calorigenesis 274, 275
age, gestational 128
-, mitochondrial change 147, 148
alcohol, liver metabolism 155
aldolase 211, 212, 217
Algol-like language 76
allometry, formula 114,248
-, metabolic function 115,245
allosteric inhibition 195
a-glycerophosphate 215, 222
a-ketoglutarate, frog hean 222 If.
a-sympathicolytics 155
aminoacids 48, 72, 88, 126, 179
3'5'AMP, glycogenolysis 276
anabolism-catabolism 113. 117, 118,
123, 124, 125, 129
anaerobic glvcolysis, kidney 190
analogue approach 52
"anti-tranquillizer" 257
apo-repressor 34
arginine pathway, E. coli 195
- -, /I.'eurospora 17, 76
A TP balance, heart 222 If.
-, brain, hypoxia 188, 189
- consumption 276
-, dark-recover!' 169
-, DNA-strands 173
-, hydrolysis 62,216
-, ischemia 190 ff.
-, production 145
-, resynthesis 213, 214
-', yield 217
atrophy, age 147
atropine 99
automata, cellular 202, 203, 204
-, growing 7
-, internal state 6, 34
-, molecular 33
-, self-organizing 7
-, self-reproducing 7
auxin metabolism, radiation 141
azide, radiation repair 169
Bakers yeast, heat production 88, 90
balance equations 84
basal metabolism, birds 103, 104
-- -, man 265
basins, stable orbits 27,29,32
behavior, system 15, 24 ff., 46 ff.
Bellman-equations, generalized 203
Bendixson-criterion 44
Bertalanffy-equation 124, 132
fJ-galactosidase 195
(l-sympathicolytics 155
binary logic, rhythmic 30 If.
"biological quality" 204
biosynthetic reactions 144
biosystem, set-theoretical 46 ff.
"bioton" 134
birds, total heat production 102 ff.
-, erythrocytes, heat production 88
"black box", biological 47,48
blood flow, basal 267
-- -, skin 275
- -, thermoregulatory 270
blood lactate, catecholamines 277
body size, maximum 131
- -, metabolism, relation 130,245
"bottle-neck problem" 279
brain, hypoxia 184 ff.
-, memory capacity 236
-, size, metabolism 247