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SUBJECT INDEX 



15,15'-Monocis-|3-carotene, biopotency, 

 544 

 isomerization of, 544 

 Monoethenoid acid, 96-99 



biopotency, 797, 798 

 Monoglycerides, in fat alisorption, 2 



nutritional value of, 924, 925 

 Monoiodoacetate, dehydrogenase inhibi- 

 tor, 119 

 Monomethylaminoethanol, in choline syn- 

 thesis, 66 

 Mouse, acetylation reaction in, 263 

 benzanthracene metabolism in, 355 

 benzpyrene metabolism in, 355, 356 

 carcinogens excretion, 358 

 carotenoids in, 440 



absorption, 425 

 cholesterol absorption, 364, 418 

 biosynthesis, 378, 387, 392 

 destruction, 402 

 level in blood, 375 

 EFA, deficiency symptoms, 819 

 requirement, 801 



effect of x-irradiation on lipogenesis 

 in, 40 

 fat, dietary, and work capacity, 851 



and tuberculosis, 866, 887 

 fatty acids biosynthesis in, 13, 23, 25, 26 



in mammary gland, 18, 35, 36 

 mercapturic acids in, 266, 346 

 phospholipid synthesis in liver, 51, 52 

 provitamin D in, 632 

 ])urine synthesis in, 282 

 squalene metabolism in, 323, 324 

 sterol absorption, 366, 367 

 tocopherol, deficiency in, 717, 719 

 effect on mineral metabolism, 712 

 requirement, 748 

 vitamin A requirement, 581 



toxic levels, 613 

 vitamin K deficiency in, 773 

 toxic levels, 777 

 Mucic acid, 312, 313 

 Mucilloids, hydrophilic, effect on carotene 



absorption, 428 

 Muconic acid, from benzene, 329, 334-340 

 isomers of, 336 

 ketogenicity of, 135 



Multigeneration tests of nutritional value 



of fats, 918, 919 

 Multiple Alternate Oxidation Theory, 



80-83, 85, 304, 305 

 Muscle, acetate metabolism in, 254 

 acetoacetate formation in, 21 

 carotenoids in, 513 

 enzyme systems in dystrophy, 722 

 fatty acid dehydrogenase in, 118, 1 19 

 fatty acid oxidation in, 196 

 fatty aldehydes in, 318 

 ketolysis in, 198 



phospholipid synthesis in, 54, 55, 62 

 tocopherols in, 69() 



deficiency, effect on cardiac, 724, 725 

 on metabolism, 685, 718-725 

 on proteins, 705, 706 

 on skeletal, 718-723 

 on smooth, 723, 724 

 vitamin A in, 511 

 Muscular atrophy, phospholipid content 



in muscle, 55 

 Muscular dystrophy, effect of antioxi- 

 dants on, 742 

 late-lactation paralysis, 718-720 

 niitritional, 720-723 

 phospholipid content in muscle, 55 

 tocopherol deficiency and, 685, 704, 

 705, 718-725, 735 

 Mussels, galactogen in, 181 

 Mustard oil, tocopherols in, 690 

 Mutton, enzymatic formylation in liver, 



281 

 Myelin sheaths, role of cholesterol in, 419 

 Myoglobinuria, in tocopherol deficiency, 



705 

 Myristic acid, antibacterial action of, 866- 

 868, 888, 893, 895 

 elongation, 13, 26 

 glycogen production and, 78, 219 

 incorporation into phospholipids, 50 

 in molds, 874 

 myristoleic from, 42, 797 

 w-oxidation of, 307 

 Myristoleic acid, as growth factor for 

 bacteria, 890, 891 

 biosynthesis, 42, 797 

 Mytiloxanthin, 479, 487 



