The Conversion of Certain Amino Acids to Carbohydrate in Normal Animals

Author

Bergere Alfred Kenney

Publication Date

6-2-1941

Abstract

Among the earliest problems which interested the physiological chemist was that of the possibility of an interconversion of the major types of food-stuffs. That this conversion actually does take place in the case of carbohydrates changing to fats has been apparent, ever since Man began to fatten his domestic animals on a starchy diet. However, interconversion of the other types, such as that of fats to carbohydrates and proteins, or carbohydrates to proteins, and of proteins to carbohydrates and fats, is not so obvious, and even now, after many years of experimen­tation, the answer to the question is far from complete.

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Chemistry

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

First Committee Member (Chair)

Veon C. Kiech

Second Committee Member

William Jacob Koster

Third Committee Member

Charles Keith Barnes

Recommended Citation

Kenney, Bergere Alfred. "The Conversion of Certain Amino Acids to Carbohydrate in Normal Animals." (1941). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/chem_etds/77