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THIS book retains the main features of the first edition, although it has been approximately doubled in size. Enzyme actions are considered so far as possible as ordinary chemical changes, and the author's views on the theory and mechanism of chemical reactions are applied to them. A preliminary study of his book on this subject would probably be of advantage to the reader, as the sketch of the subject in the introduction to the present work suffers from enforced condensation. Briefly stated, the author is a strong supporter of the addition theory of chemical change. The mode of treatment renders the book rather difficult reading, but there is a constant appeal to the critical faculty which stimulates the reader's interest.
The Chemistry of Enzyme Actions.
By K. George Falk. (American Chemical Society Monograph Series.) Second and revised edition. Pp. 249. (New York: The Chemical Catalog Co., Inc., 1924.) 3.50 dollars net.
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H., A. The Chemistry of Enzyme Actions . Nature 116, 238 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/116238a0
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