SUBJECT INDEX 



1011 



Butyrate, in vitro oxidation, 75, 79, 84, 85, 

 101, 104, 106 (see also Butyric acid) 

 Butyric acid, activation, 29 



antibacterial action, 866, 871 



as carbohydrate source, 78, 217-219, 232 



biosynthesis, 10, 24, 25 



cholesterol from, 383 



incorporation into hemin, 271 



in fatty acid synthesis, 12, 18, 26 



in g.i. tract, 254, 255 



in /3-oxidation of fatty acids, 72, 77 



in rabbit liver, 25 



ketone bodies from, 21, 94, 95, 124-128, 

 133, 144, 145, 176, 197, 217, 219, 260 



oxidation in pantothenate deficiency. 

 172 

 a-Butyrobetaine, 99 

 Butyryl-CoA dehydrogenase, 106, 107 



Cabbage leaves, hydrocarbons in, 319, 320 

 provitamin D in, 628 

 vitamin K in, 754 



Cacao butter, tocopherols in, 690 



Cactus wax, 320, 321 



Ca ion, inhibitor of fatty acid oxidase, 102 



Calciferol, 625 (see also Vitamin D-i) 



Calcium, aV^sorption, 659-665 

 effect of phytic acid, 668-670 

 and antibacterial action of unsaturated 



acids, 870 

 effect on hypervitaminosis D, 679 

 in plasma, in hypervitaminosis D, 679 

 metabolism, effect of tocopherol on, 

 712-713 

 effect of vitamin D, 663-665 

 utilization, effect of dietary fat, 877, 878 

 effect of vitamin D, 652, 659-665 



Calf, carotene conversion in, 438 

 EFA deficiency in, 819 

 EFA requirements, 802 

 formylation in liver, 281 

 intestinal hydrolysis of vitamin A, 433 

 nutritional value of fats in, 914 

 provitamin D in, 632, 633 

 tocopherol deficiency, 719, 725 

 tocopherol requirement, 747, 748 



Camphorated oil, subcutaneous adminis- 

 tration, 204 

 Camphoric acid, metabolism of, 311 

 Canaryxanthin, 507 

 Canaryxanthophyll, 506, 507 

 Candelilla wax, 320, 321 

 Cannizzaro reaction, in fatty acid sj'nthe- 



sis, 11 

 Ca-P balance, and vitamin D require- 

 ments, 675 

 vitamin D effect on, 653, 661, 662 

 mechanism 663-665 

 Capillary fragility, and EFA, 823-824 

 Capric acid, amide metabolism, 316 

 and gh'cogen production, 78, 219 

 antibacterial action, 866-868 

 effect on diabetes, 863 

 ketonuria from, 125, 126 

 N-methyl-amide metabolism, 316 

 multiple alternate oxidation, 80 

 co-oxidation, 87, 88, 306, 307 

 oxidation in liver, 74 

 Caprinyl-]),L-alanine, metabolism, 315 

 Caproic acid, amide metabolism, 315 

 and glycogen production, 78, 219 

 biosj'nthesis, 25 



by bacteria, 12 

 elongation, 26 

 /3-hydroxybutyrate formation from, 



22 

 ketone bodies from, 77, 124r-126, 176, 



220, 260 

 oxidation in liver, 75, 95 



in pantothenate deficiency, 172 

 in vitro, 79, 84-85, 106 

 Caprylic acid, anaerobic decomposition of, 

 104 

 antibacterial action, 866 

 biosynthesis, 25 

 effect on diabetes, 863 

 elongation, 26 



glycogen production and, 78, 219 

 ketone bodies from, 124-126 

 multiple alternate oxidation, 80 

 oxidation in vitro, 79, 84 

 Capsanthin, absorption of, 439 

 in bird tissues, 504 

 in body fat, 430 



