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SUBJECT INDEX 



11,14-Eicosadienoic acid, 785, 800 

 n-Eicosane, 320 

 5,8,11,14,-Eicosatetraenoic acid, 785 (see 



also Arachidonic acid) 

 5,8,11-Eicosatrienoic acid, 812 

 Elaeostearic acid, 786, 799 

 conversions, 87, 815 

 for phospholipid synthesis study, 50 

 lipoxidase action on, 112 

 Elaidic acid, 798 



antibacterial action, 888 

 aa growth factor for bacteria, 890, 891 

 in phospholipid synthesis study, 49, 55 

 oxidation of, 109 

 Elaidolinolenic acid, lipoxidase action on, 



114 

 Elasmobranch fish, squalene in liver oil, 



322, 387 

 Electro-shock, effect on brain phospho- 

 lipids, 56 

 Embryo, blood vitamin A levels in, 472, 

 473 

 cholesterol role in, 419 



synthesis, 398 

 choline oxidase in, 244 

 fat synthesis in, 37 

 in tocopherol deficiency, 716-718 

 labile methyl groups in, 244 

 phospholipids in, 49, 57 

 vitamin A assimilation, 567 

 deficiency, 594 

 Emulsions of fat, stabilization, 205, 206 

 Encephalomalacia, effect of antioxidants 

 on, 743 

 protective effect of DPPD on, 741 

 Endogenous ketonuria in rats, 145, 146, 



155, 173, 175 

 Enzymes, adaptive, 159, 160 

 cholesterol sj-nthesizing, 401 

 effect of EFA deficiency on, 818 

 vs. pyridoxine deficiency, 884 

 in acetylation, 266 

 in choline oxidation, 239 

 in fat biosj-nthesis, 33 

 oxidation, 100-119 

 inliibition by tocopherol, 734, 735 

 in muscle, dystrophic. 722 

 Epicoprostanol, 411 



Epiergosterol, as provitamin D, 626 

 Epinephrine, effect on fat-carbohydrate 

 transformation, 229, 230, 232 

 on fatt}' acid oxidation, 203 

 on glycosuria in diabetes, 208, 229 

 on lipogenesis, 37 

 Epithelial tissues, in hypervitaminosis A, 

 606, 607 

 in hypovitaminosis A, 594-598 

 Ergosterine (see Ergosterol) 

 Ergosterol, absorption, 367, 368, 416, 635, 

 653 

 effect on cholesterol absorption, 364, 



416 

 formula, 638 

 from cholesterol, 417 

 irradiation, 640, 641 

 metabolism, 415, 416 

 occurrence, 629, 631, 633-636 

 provitamin D activity, 624 -(J26, 629 



esters, 625-627 

 requirement for insects, 379, 380 

 Erucic acid, 798 



lipoxidase action on, 112 

 Erythrocytes, cerebrosides in, 6 

 cholesterol in, 370 

 effect of fat injection on, 207 

 in hvfjervitaminosis A, 610 

 tocoj)lu'rol effect on, 728 

 Eskimo, fat metabolism in, 158-159 

 I<:ssential fatty acids, 783-834 

 bioassay, 793-796 

 biopotencies, comparative, 796-801 

 capillary fragility, and, 823, 824 

 dermatitis and, 882, 883 

 distribution, 827-833 

 effect on cholesterol levels, 375, 824- 

 826 

 on growth, 816-819 

 on optimum levels of fat, 931, 932 

 on pregnancy, lactation, 820-822, 849 

 on pyridoxine deficiency, 807, 808 

 on stomach lesions, 733 

 in phospholipid synthesis, 249 

 in skin development, 819, 820 

 in thyrotoxicosis, 808, 809 

 metabolism, 183, 189 

 phj'siologic functions of, 816-826 



