Recent advances in physiology and bio-chemistry / edited by Leonard Hill ; contributors, Benjamin Moore [and others].

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1908
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    CONTENTS By benjamin MOOEE CHAP. I-AGE I. ENERGY TRANSFORMATIONS IN LIVING MATTER . 1 11. CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN LIVING MATTER AND ITS PRODUCTS 15 Enzymes and Cells as Catalysts or Energy-Transformers . 15 Chemical Energy and Chemical Equilibrium ... 19 Bibliography 41 III. VELOCITY OF REACTION, AND THE COMPARATIVE ACTION OF ENZYMES AND CELLS .... 43 Equations for Velocity of Reaction 52 Experimental Observations on Velocity of Reaction induced by Enzymes 61 Discussion of Experimental Results on Velocity of Reactions induced by Enzymes 78 Effects on Velocity of Reaction of Alterations in the Con- centration of Enzyme 85 Bibliography 91 IV. INFLUENCE OF OTHER FACTORS UPON ENZYMES AND CELLS 93 Influence of Various Physical and Chemical Agencies on Enzymes and Living Cells . . . . . .97 Action of Antiseptics and Protoplasmic Poisons . . . 103 Negative Catalysts . . . 105 Anti-Catalysts, Anti-Ferments, and Anti-Enzymes . .106 Zymo-Excitators or Kinases . i08 Auto-Catalysis and Infection. . . . . . .112 The Specific Nature of Catalytic Action . . . .114 The Chemical and Physical Nature of Enzymes . . .117 The So-called Inorganic Enzymes or Metal-Sols . . . 118 Bibliography . 125
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