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Part VI— CARBOHYDRATE AND FATTY ACID 



METABOLISM 



Chairman : F. G. Young, PhD, dsc, fric, frs 

 Editor : G. Popjak, md, dsc. 



A study of acetone metabolism, using glycogen and serine 

 as indicators, and the role of C^- compounds in metabolism 



H. G. Wood, phd, Dept. of Biochemistry, Western Reserve 

 University, Cleveland, Ohio ...... 227 



Discussion 



H. A. Krebs, H. G. Wood, D. Rittenberg, K. Bloch . 244 



Asymmetric citric acid 



C. Heidelberger, PhD, and V. R. Potter, PhD, McArdle 

 Memorial Laboratory, University of Wisconsin . . . 246 



Discussion 



H. R. V. Arnstein, C. Heidelberger, R. Bentley, H. A. 

 Krebs 256 



Mode of formation of fatty acids from acetate and glucose, 

 as studied in the mammary gland 



G. PopjAK, MD, DSc, National Institute for Medical 

 Research, London ........ 258 



Discussion 



S. J. Folley, G. Popjak, S. Gurin, K. Bloch, R. Eraser, 



F. G. Young, H. A. Krebs ...... 276 



