Chapter III: Preface: To the Second Edition

In the New Edition no change has been made in the scope of the work. The rapid progress of the subject has, however, rendered necessary many additions to the text and a considerable increase in the bibliography.

A. H.

/May/,1914.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION 1

II. ZYMASE AND ITS PROPERTIES 18

III. THE FUNCTION OF PHOSPHATES IN ALCOHOLIC FERMENTATION 41

IV. THE CO-ENZYME OF YEAST-JUICE 59

V. ACTION OF SOME INHIBITING AND ACCELERATING AGENTS ON THE ENZYMES OF YEAST-JUICE 70

VI. CARBOXYLASE 81

VII. THE BY-PRODUCTS OF ALCOHOLIC FERMENTATION 85

VIII. THE CHEMICAL CHANGES INVOLVED IN FERMENTATION 96

IX. THE MECHANISM OF FERMENTATION 119

BIBLIOGRAPHY 136

INDEX 155

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