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The chapter on Respiratory Metabolism and Neutrality Regulation gives a detailed account of the physiological and chemical processes which control the reaction of the blood and maintain its hydrogen-ion concentration and reserve alkalinity.
The chapter on Energy Metabolism is devoted to the basal metabolic rate, its significance. and its determination by both open circuit and closed circuit methods. Among the sections which have been added in this edition are those on oxidation and reduction systems, photosynthesis, vitamins and their assay, the biochemical aspects of ultra-violet radiation, and rickets. A concise summary of enzymes, their classification, distribution, and substrates, and the products of their action is given in tabular form. Six vitamins are recognized, including vitamin E (the reproductive or fertility factor) and the pellagrapreventive factor,; data concerning the occurrence of the six vitamins in various foods are given in a table.
In the description of quantitative methods of analysis, sections are devoted to the principle, the procedure, the calculation and the interpretation of the result.
The treatise has an excellent index of twenty-five pages.
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