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SUBJECT INDEX 



Menadione {continued): 

 structure, 754, 757 

 toxic doses, 777, 778 

 Menstruation, effect on blood cholesterol 



level, 373 

 Mercaptoethylamine, in CoA, 30 

 a-Mercapto-soaps, antibacterial action, 



871 

 Mercapturic acids, formation, 266, 267 



from halogenated hydrocarbons, 345, 346 

 Mercury ions, action on lipoxidase, 114 

 Mesenteric fat, 5, 43 

 Mesitol, 342 



Mesitylene, metabolism of, 342 

 Mesitylenic acid, 342 

 Mesitylenuric acid, 342 

 Metals, role of phospholipid in transport 



of, 249 

 Metarhodopsin, 570, 572 

 Methanol, in choline synthesis, 66 



in methylation, 285, 288 

 Methionine, effect on cholesterol synthesis, 

 397 

 on ketosis, 158 

 in methylation, 241, 242, 247 

 lipotropic action of, 62-64 

 methyl group from formate, 285, 287, 



288 

 phospholipid synthesis from, 51, 52, (55 

 Methionine sulfoxide, 66, 242 

 Methionine sulfoximine, 243 

 Methoximine, effect on choline oxidase, 



243 

 Methylacrylate, in cholesterol biosyn- 

 thesis, 385 

 a-Methyladipic acid, utilization of, 311 

 /3-Methyladipic acid, utilization of, 311, 



312 

 Methyl arachidonate, lipoxidase action 



on, 112 

 Methylation, 65-67 



formate and, 285-286 

 2-Methylazelaic acid amide, 317 

 2-MethylbutA'ric acid, 255 

 effect on mold growth, 292 

 ketogenicity of, 130, 131 

 /3-oxidation, 294 

 utilization of, 299 



a-Methylcaproic acid, effect on mold 

 growth, 292 

 on ketogenicity of, 131 

 2-Methylcaprylic acid, excretion of, 297 

 Methjdcholanthrene, effect on vitamin A 



storage, 529, 530 

 a-Methylcinnamic acid, excretion, 293 

 /3-Methylcinnamic acid, 93 

 2-Methyl-cyclohexanone, from cholesterol, 



401 

 2-Methyldodecanoic acid, metabolism of, 



297 

 /3-Methyldodecanoic acid, metabolism of, 



297 

 7-Methyldodecanoic acid, metabolism of, 



299 

 5-Methyldodecanoic acid, metabolism of, 



297, 298 

 4-Methyldodecanoic acid amide, metab- 

 olism of, 316 

 Methylene blue, as antidystrophic agent, 

 ' 723 

 effect on fatty acid oxidase, 102, 104 



on vitamin A requirement, 591, 740 

 tocopherol-like action of, 727, 740- 



744 

 unsaturated fatty acids and, 709 

 Methylethanolamine, effect on phospho- 

 lipid synthesis, 64 

 Methylethylacetic acid oxidation, 106 

 Methylethylphenylmethane, 344 

 2-Methylglutaric acid amide, 317 

 Methyl group, effect on EFA oxidation, 

 " 130, 292-294, 295, 297 

 effect on amide metabolism, 317 

 on benzene metabolism, 341-343 

 on fatty acid oxidation, 130, 131, 292- 

 294, 295, 297 

 j3-Methyl-^-hydroxylauric acid, effect on 



mold growth, 292 

 a-Methyllauric, effect on mold growth, 292 

 Methyl linoleate, biopotency of, 785 



lipoxidase action on, 114, 117 (see also 

 Unoli'ic acid) 

 Methylmalonic semialdehyd<>, 300 

 /3-Methylmuconic acid, monoamide, 339 

 2-Methyl-l ,4-naphthohydroquinone, bio- 

 potency, 778 



