SUBJECT INDEX 



1009 



Benzyl chloride, 266, 346 

 a-Benzylcrotonic acid, excretion, 294 

 Betaine, formation, 241 



in glycine synthesis, 245, 247 

 lipotropic action of, 62, 6o 

 inethylation by, 66, 242 

 Betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase, 239 

 Bicholestadiene, as provitamin D, 637 

 Bile, cholesterol elimination through, 412 

 dehydrogenase in, 119 

 effect on carotene absorption, 425 

 on vitamin A absorption, 434 

 on vitamin D absorption, 652, 653 

 on vitamin K absorption, 757, 774 

 provitamin D in, 633 

 sterols in, 367 

 tocopherols in, 698, 701 

 vitamin D excretion through, 653 

 Bile acids, from cholesterol, 401, 405-406, 



412, 415, 420 

 Bile salts, antibacterial action of oleic 

 acid, and, 870 

 effect on cholesterol absorption, 

 363-365, 375 

 on phytosterol absorption, 366 

 enterohepatic, circulation, 413 

 Biosynthesis, of cholesterol, 377-401 

 of glycerol, 43-48 

 of phospholipids, 48-70 

 of saturated fatty acids, 10-41 

 of triglycerides, 9 

 of unsaturated fatty acids, 42 

 Biotin, dietary fat, and, 885 

 effect of rancid fat on, 922, 923 

 effect on bacteria, 871 



on cholesterol synthesis, 396 

 on lipogenesis, 41, 396 

 on purine synthesis, 282, 283 

 on serine synthesis, 284 

 vs. oleic acid, 887-890 

 Bird, active acetate in tissues, 6 

 /3-carotene potency in, 579 

 carotenoids absorption, 425 

 in blood, 457, 503-509 

 in tissues, 440, 448, 503-509 

 cholesterol absorption, 434 

 phospholipid synthesis in blood cells, 57 

 in g.i. tract, 53 



Bird (continued): 



vitamin A, absoiption, 434 

 in tissues, 503-509, 518 

 Bismuth, effect on liver vitamin A, 530, 531 

 BLxin, and antioxidant activity of toco- 

 pherols, 189 

 as index of lipoxidase activity', 117 

 Black carpet beetle, sterols requirement of, 



379 

 Bleeding, and vitamin K, 764, 765 

 Blood, acetic acid in, 254 



cai'otenoids in, 424, 429, 447, 457-467 



(see also ^-Carotene, in blood) 

 effect of diet, 461-463 

 nature of, 459, 460 

 normal values, 460, 461 

 cholesterol in, 370-377 

 effect of age, 372, 373 



of dietary cholesterol, 374, 375 

 of dietary fat, 374 

 of EFA-free diet, 824, 825 

 of fasting, 375 

 of pregnancy, 373, 374 

 of species, 371, 372 

 of thyroid, 375, 376 

 nature of, 370, 371 

 effect of tocopherols on hematopoiesis in, 



729 

 fat determination in, 206 

 fatty acids in, 4 

 glucose, effect of tocopherol on, 697, 



699-701 

 ketone bodies in, 120, 154 

 neutral fats in, 4 

 phospholipids in, 49 

 polyunsaturated fatty acids in, 803, 



804, 832, 833 

 provitamin D in, 633 

 tocopherols in, 696, 699-701 

 total lipids in, 4 

 vitamin A in, 451, 467-475 (see also 



Vitamin A, in blood) 

 vitamin D in, 654-656 

 Blood clotting time, and vitamin K, 751, 



752 

 Blood coagulation, role of phospholipids 

 in, 249 

 role of vitamin K in, 761-766 



