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Index
A
Absolute rate theory, 222, 408 - 412
denaturation studies, 412 - 415
Absorption bands:
infrared, 514
Absorption coefficient, 485, 487, 489
molar, 489
Absorption ratio, 489
Absorption spectrophotometry, 481 - 500
( see Spectrophotometry, absorption)
A-c, 73, 608 - 609
Accelerated-flow method, 496, 497
Accommodation, 36, 38
Acetylcholine, 85, 145, 180, 443
Acetylcholinesterase, 85, 145, 443
ACh, 85, 443-446
cycle in nerve cell, 445
synthesis, 444
Acid, organic, 271
Acoustic (sound) pressure, 5, 7, 8, 592
amplitude, 5, 7, 8, 10, 13
Acoustic streaming, 243, 262
Acoustics, 4 - 10, 589 - 594
finite amplitude, 594
infinitesimal amplitude, 589
Actin, 148, 152
Action current, 72
Action potential, 70 (see also Spike
potential)
heart, 165 - 166
muscle, 145 - 146
Activated complex, 408
Activation energy, 404
Active transport, 420, 432 - 436, 477 - 478
frog's skin, 434 - 435
Ussing's equations, 433 - 434
Adenine, 149, 279
Adenosine, 149
Adenosine diphosphate, 149 - 151 (see also
ADP)
Adenosine monophosphate, 149
Adenosine triphosphate, 148 - 151 (see also
ATP)
Adenylic acid, 149
ADP, 149 - 151, 346, 366 - 369
Alanine, 275
Albumin, 473
Alcohol dehydrogenate (ADH), 354 - 355
Aldehyde, 353
Algae:
blue-green and photosynthesis, 360
damage by ultrasound, 231
and photosynthesis, 360
Allele, 474
All-or-none response, 80
Alpha ray (or particle), 185, 610
α-rhythm, 98
α-waves, 98
Amino acids, 148, 271 - 277
Amino group, 271
Amoeba:
relative fragility, 229
AMP, 149
Ampere, 72
Amplitude distribution, 6
Analyzer, 548 - 549
Anaphase, 190
Angular momentum:
orbital, 508 - 509
spin, 508 - 509
total, 508
Antigen, 308
Anti-node, 9

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Publication Information: Book Title: Biophysical Science. Contributors: Eugene Ackerman - author. Publisher: Prentice-Hall. Place of Publication: Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Publication Year: 1962. Page Number: 615.
    
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