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SUBJECT INDEX 



Lantluuium method, 82 

 Lard, arachidonic acid in, 799, 830 

 coefficient of digestibility, 905 

 EFA in, 817, 828-830 

 effect of heating on, 921 



of rancidity on, 923 

 effect on diabetes, 8(54 



on pj-ridoxine deficiency, 881, 882 

 on th\-rotoxicosis, 859 

 on vitamin A utilization, 886 

 growth-promoting property, 838-840, 



843, 844 

 provitamin D in, 635 

 thiamine-sparing action, 878 

 tocopherols in, 692 

 vitamin A-like effect, 553 

 Late-lactation paralj-sis, 718-720 



tocopherol requirement, 746 

 Lathosterol, absorption of, 367 

 Laurel berry fat, 320 

 Laurie acid, amide metabolism, 315, 317 

 antibacterial action, 867, 868, 871, 



888, 893, 895 

 diacidogenic properties, 87, 90, 91 

 elongation, 13 



glj'cogen production and, 78, 220 

 incorporation into phospholipids, 50 

 palmitic and stearic acid from, 25, 26 

 LBF (see Pantetheine) 

 LCF, as active formate, 280, 281, 284 



effect on choline oxidase, 240, 241 

 Lecithin, antibacterial action of unsatu- 

 rated fatty acids and, 870 

 as stabilizer for intravenous fat ad- 

 ministration, 204, 205 

 dehj'drogenation, 119 

 effect on carotene absorption, 426 

 on cholesterol absorption, 365, 374 

 on fat absorption, 2 

 on fat metabolism, 190 

 on vitamin A absorption, 436 

 formation in brain, 55, 56 

 in EFA deficiency, 818 

 in egg 3olk, 58 

 in intestine, 53 

 in liver, 52 



in neoplastic tissue, 59 

 hj^drolysis of, 235, 236 



Lecithin (continued): 



incorporation of choline into, 51, 63 

 lysolecithin from, 409 

 precursors, 67-70 



sex differences in liver storage of, 155 

 Lecitholipases, 236 

 Legumes, lipoxidase in, 111 

 Lepros}', effect on blood carotene, 467 

 Leucine, acetyl groups from, 262 

 acetylation of, 266 

 cholesterol biosynthesis, and, 382, 



383 

 a-h3'droxy acid, and, 301 

 ketogenicity, 130, 132, 133, 174 

 metabolism, 300 

 Leucocj^tes, cerebrosides in, 6 

 cholesterol in, 370 

 in fat absorption, 3 

 Leuconostoc citrovonnn factor (see LCF) 

 Leucopenia, and high-fat diet, 898 



and rancid fat, 923 

 Leucovorin, 280 

 Leukemia, effect on fatty acid oxidation, 



202 

 Levorotation, of urine, 122 

 Levulinic acid, from squalene, 325 

 Lily of the valley oil, 318 

 Linacarotene, 488 

 Linoleate, peroxide, effect on fat-deficient 



rats, 189 

 Linoleic acid, 42, 96 



absorption spectrum, 50 



antibacterial action, 868, 870, 87J, 887, 



888, 895 

 as growth factor for l)acteria, 892 

 as protection vs. x-irradiation, 822, 823 

 biological activity, 785, 798-800 

 combination with cholesterol, 371 

 conversion to arachidonic, 183-185, 

 796, 809-813 

 to pentaenoic, 185 

 effect of rancid fat on, 922, 923 

 effect on linolenate, 186, 187 



on pyridoxine deficiency, 807, 808, 



882 

 on skin disorders, 819, 820 

 on thyrotoxicosis, 809, 858, 859 

 in animal fats, 828-830, 832 



