SUBJECT INDEX 



1043 



Mj'xedema, carotene al)sori)tioii in, 427 



effect on carotenemia, 4(32 



hypeicliolesterolemia in, 370 

 Myxoxanthin, 480, 538 



N 



Naphthalene, 266 



metabolism of, 331, 346-350 



monohalogen, 345 

 Naphthalic acid, 353-354 

 Naphthalic anhydride, 353-354 

 a-Naphthol, 347 



action on lipoxidase, 114 



ghicuronide, 347 

 a-Naphthoquinone, 349 

 L-a-Naphthylmercapturic acid, 347, 348 

 Neo-/3-carotene, digestibility" of, 432 

 Neo-/3-carotene B, 519 



biopotency, 542, 544 

 Neo-i3-carotene U, 519 



biopotency, 542, 544 

 Neo-a-carotene P, biopotency, 542 

 Neocryptoxanthin A, biopotency, 543 

 Neocryptoxanthin U, biopotency, 543 

 Neoh'copene, as isomerization product, 544 

 Neoplastic tissue, phospholipid synthesis 



in, 59 

 Neoretinene, 551 

 Neo-6 retinene, 573, 574 

 Neovitamin A, 548 

 Neo-a vitamin A, 575 

 Neo-6 vitamin A, 573, 574 

 Nephritis, dicarboxj'lic acids and, 310, 

 312-314 



effect on kidney vitamin A, 554 

 on liver vitamin A, 531 

 Nervous system in muscular dystrophy, 



722' 

 Neutral fat, absorption of, 3 



deposition of, 5 



in adipose tissue, 5 



in blood, 4 

 Niacin, dietary fat and, 885 



ketonuria production, and, 146 

 Nicotinamide, effect on cholesterol de- 

 struction, 403 

 on cholesterol synthesis, 397 



in fatt J' acid dehj'drogenation, 1 19 



Nicotine, relation to choline, 245 

 Niemann-Pick's disease, 6 

 Night bhndness, 601 

 Nitrogen, urinary, 123 



and fat-carbohj'drate conversion, 223- 

 225, 841 

 fat feeding, 221, 841, 855-857 

 in ketosis, 157 

 Nitrogen mustards, effect on enzymes, 243 

 Nitrogenous bases of phospholipids, syn- 

 thesis of, 64-67 

 7i-Nonacosane, 319, 320 

 n-Nonacosan-10-ol, 327 

 n-Nonacosan-15-ol, 327 

 n-Nonacosan-15-one, 319, 322 

 10,13-Nonadecadienoic acid, 785, 800 

 2,6-Nonadienal, 318 

 Nonanal, 318 



Nonanoic acid, in vitro oxidation, 79 

 ketone bodies from, 128 

 metabolism, 78, 97, 98 

 oj-oxidation, 79 

 Non-oxidation theory of diabetes, 211 

 Nonjdic acid, ketone bodies from, 133 

 Nonjdsuccinate, utilization of, 309, 312 

 Nordihydroguaiaretic acid, action on lijj- 



oxidase, 114 

 Norleucine, ketogenicity of, 133 

 Nucleoprotein, relation to liver phospho- 

 lipids, 59, 60 

 Nutritional encephalomalacia, 726, 727 

 Nutritional state, effect on cholesterol 

 biosynthesis, 390 

 on fat sj-nthesis, 37-39 

 on vitamin D content of fish oils, 647 

 Nutritional value, of EFA, 186, 187 

 of fats, 898-920 



animal vs. vegetable, 909-920 

 effect of absorption rate, 906, 907 

 of parenteral administration, 204 

 modified, 924-931 

 Nyctalopia, 568 



Oats, tocopherols in, 690 

 Obese, congenitalh', fatty acid metabolism 

 in, 200 



