The Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1911 Vol 9 Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1911, Vol. 8 In spite of the large amount of work directed of recent years towards the solution of the problem of the mode of decomposition in the animal body of the aromatic amino-acids - tyrosine and phenyl alanine - we are still without a clear picture of the mechanism of the process which will completely harmonize with the ascertained facts. The object of the following paper is to record the results of some experiments having a bearing upon some of the possible transformations of the amino - acids in question. In considering the nature of the reactions which tyrosine and phenylalanine are likely to sustain in the animal body, much weight is naturally placed upon the phenomena presented by the condition of alcaptonuria in which, as is well known, the human organism loses its customary capacity of completely oxidizing phenylalanine and tyrosine, but instead converts them into homogentisic acid. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.