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SUBJECT INDEX 



Capsanthin (continued) : 



in man, 510 



isomerization, 514 

 Carbohydrate, comparative ketolytic ef- 

 fect of, 180, 181 



diabetogenic hormone, effect on me- 

 tabohsm of, 160 



diaciduria and, 89 



effect on alcohol metabolism, 106 

 on lipogenesis, 39 



fat precursor from, 16, 40 



formation dining fatty acid metabolism, 

 78, 168 



from even-carbon acids, 215-222 



from fat, and D : N ratio, 223 



from glycerol, 212, 213 



from odd-carbon acids, 214, 215 



in fatty acid biosynthesis, 10, 12 



ketonuria and, 121-124, 140, 142, 148, 

 151, 157, 158, 161-180 



role of tocopherol in metabolism, 707- 

 709 

 Carbonate injection to rats, 288 

 Carbon dioxide incorporation, during iso- 

 valeric acid mctaboHsm, 299 



into acetoacetate, 133, 182 

 /3-Carboxy-7-oxyadipic acid, 312 

 Carcass fat, choline in, 52 



effect of inanition on, 43 



rate of synthesis, 48 



sphingosine in, 67 



turnover, 194 

 Carcinogens, effect on choline oxidase, 244 



effect on vitamin A storage, 529-530 



heated fats as, 920-921 



metaboUsm of, 355-359 

 Carcinosarcoma, phospholipids in, 59 

 Cardiac muscle, phosphoHpid synthesis in, 



54 

 Caries, and dietary- fat, 896-897 

 Carnauba wax, 320 

 Carnivora, diacidogenesis in, 87 



ketonuria in, 146 



liver Upids in, 192 

 /3-Carotenal, 532 

 Carotenase system, 439-441, 446, 417, 5 Hi, 



539 

 a-Carotene, absorption, 439 



a-Carotene (continued) : 



as isomerization product, 544 

 as provitamin A, 439 

 biopotency, 428, 532, 536-538, 542-544 

 digestibility, 432 



distribution, 477, 478, 481, 488-492, 

 494, 495, 501, 503, 506, 512, 513, 

 519 

 in milk, 555 

 /3-Carotenc, absorption, 7, 424-432, 446, 

 886 

 as provitamin A, 432, 426, 437-450, 508, 



534-540, 563 

 biopotency, tocopherol effect on, 528 

 conversion in intestinal wall, 437-440, 

 455-456 

 factors affecting, 443-450, 47-^ 

 other sites, 440-443 

 distribution, 476-478, 480-483, 485-494, 

 497, 499-503, 505, 508, 510, 512- 

 514, 516, 519 

 effect of rancid fat on, 922 

 in blood, 457-467 



complex with protein, 459-460 

 effect of age, 463 

 of diet, 461-463, 886 

 of parturition, 464 

 of season, 464 

 of sex, 463, 464, 524 

 miscellaneous effects, 464 

 normal values, 460, 461 

 jjuthologic factors, 464-467 

 in egg, 563-565 

 in liver, 424, 429, 449 

 in milk, 555 

 International Unit, 540 

 isomerization, 541, 544 

 lipoxidase action on, 110 

 relation to ketonemia, 149 

 retinene from, 453, 550 

 transformation to non-vitamin A, 545 

 transj)ort from intestine, 455, 456 

 «i-Carotene, biopotency of, 535 

 f-Carotene, in eggs, 563 

 /3-Carotene diejjoxide, 532 

 /3-Carotene difuranoxide, 532 

 a-Carotene diiodide, 532 

 /3-Carotene diiodide, 532 



