1038 



SUBJECT INDEX 



Liver {continued): 



choline synthesis in, 242 

 citrate formation in, 276 

 CoA in, 30, 32 

 condensing enzyme in, 170 

 dehydrogenases in, 117, 119 

 desaturation of acids in, 91 

 diabetic, fatty acid oxidation in, 3-4 



lipogenesis in, 34, 41 

 dicarboxylic acids in, 314 

 enzymes for acetylation in, 206 



ethanol metabolism in, 382 

 fat-carbohydrate change, 230, 231 



desaturation or selection, 191 



effect of insulin on, 37, 230 

 of pyridoxine in, 40 



effect on ketosis, 157, 158 



in hypervitaminosis A, 610 



nature of, 190-192 



oxidation, 189-194 



storage, sex differences, 155 



transport to and from, 192, 193 



turnover, 194 



unsaturation of, 190-192 

 fatty acids, biosynthesis, 11, 17, 24, 33 



effect of fasting, 38, 39 

 of insulin, 34 

 of x-irradiation, 39 

 of species, 39, 40 



rate, 10, 43, 48 

 fatty acids oxidation, 74, 75, 82 



by cell-free preparations, 101-104 



enzymes, 100-111 



factors affecting, 201-203 



a-hydroxy acids, 302 



unsaturated acids, 201 

 formylation in, 281 

 GPC in, 235, 236 



ketone bodies accumulation in, 120, 130, 

 132, 260 



from amino acids, 132-136 



from pyruvate, 137, 260, 261 



in vitro, 79-84, 177-179, 194 

 methylation in, 242, 285 

 muconic acid metabolism in, 338 

 naphthalene metabolism in, 349 

 phospholipid biosynthesis in, 6, 43, 

 50-54, 57, 58 



Livei' (continued): 



in vitro, 56, 57, 62, 63, 67 

 rate, 59-61 

 turnover, 52 

 j)hospholipid in pathological, 59 

 phospholipid oxidation, 201 

 phosphorylcholine in, 68 

 provitamin I) in, 632 

 sphingomyelin hydrolysis in, 237 

 squalene metabolism in, 324 

 tocopherols in, 693-695 

 triacetic acid oxidation in, 304, 305 

 unsaturated fatty acid hydrogenation, 



99-100 

 vitamin A in, 451, 495, 508, 509, 511, 

 516, 518 

 effect of age, 520-522 

 of dosage, 522-524, 580 

 of sex, 524-526 

 of thyroid, 526, 527 

 of tocopherol, 528, 529 

 esterase, 433 

 location in cell, 519, 520 

 relation to blood vitamin A, 468, 

 469, 520 

 vitamin D in, 656, 657 

 vitamin K in, 756, 757, 762, 763, 775, 

 776 

 Liver cirrhosis, role of tocopherol in, 



730-732 

 Liver diseases, and vitamin K utilization, 



775, 776 

 Liver pherase, 66 

 Long-chain acids, as carbohydrate source, 



219-222 

 Longevity, effect of dietary fat on, 851-854 

 Low temperature fractionation of poly- 

 unsaturated fatty acids, 787 

 Lumirhodopsin, 570, 572 

 Lumisterol, and antibacterial action of 

 unsaturated acids, 870 

 as provitamin D, 627, 641 

 Lung, benzene elimination from, 328 

 cholesterol carbon elimination from, 412 

 cholesterol synthesis, 394 

 fat synthesis in, 17 

 fatty acid oxidation in, 110 

 ketone bodies in, 193 



