SUBJECT INDEX 



1045 



Ovarian fat, 5 

 EFA in, 833 

 Ovariectomy, eftect on ketonuria, 160 



on pigment deposition in gonads, 72 1 

 on vitamin A storage, 526 

 Ovaries, carotenoids in, 501, 508, 512, 513 

 cholesterol synthesis in, 398 

 vitamin A in, 509 

 Overproduction theory of diabetes, 211, 



228 

 Oviduct, phospholipid synthesis in, 58 

 Ovoverdin, 460, 482 

 Ox, dehydrogenase in liver, 118 

 formylation in liver, 281 

 kitol in liver, 500 

 provitamin D in, 633 

 saturation of depot fat, 192 

 Oxalic acid, excretion of, 88, 307, 309 

 in citrate synthesis, 276 

 ketogenicitj' of, 139 

 utilization of, 307 

 Oxaloacetate, 301 



as acetyl acceptor, 28, 29, 166, 169-171, 



233, 275-277, 305 

 effect on acetate oxidation, 79, 80, 120 

 on fatty acid oxidation, 101, 105, 108 

 on fluoroacetate poisoning, 260 

 on ketogenic effect of NH4CI, 143 

 on lipogenesis, 19, 34 

 from acetate, 271, 274 

 ketone bodies oxidation and, 164, 166- 

 172, 179 

 Oxalosuccinic acid, 171, 277, 278, 305 

 Oxalosuccinic carboxylase, 306 

 /3-Oxidase system, 95 



/3-Oxidation, 72-80, 83,85, 87, 90, 130, 302, 

 303, 307 

 branched-chain acids, 294-296 

 dehydrogenation in, 92, 94, 118 

 dicarboxylic acids, 313 

 inhibition, 316 

 muconic acid, 338 

 odd-carbon acids, 259 

 origin of acetate, and, 258 

 phenyl-substituted acids, 292-296 

 /3-Oxidation-acetic acid condensation, 83- 



87, 129 

 7-Oxidation, 91 



5-Oxidation, SO, 81, 91 



co-Oxidation, 87-91, 98, 99, 127, 294-296, 



299, 313, 315 

 ( )xidative phosphorylation, in aldehyde 



oxidation, 109 

 in fatty acid oxidation, 102-104 

 phospholipid synthesis, and, 56, 70 

 Oxyacids, in synthetic fats, 926 

 /3-Oxycarotene, 532 

 Oxj'carotenoids, absorption of, 429 



Paired feeding tests and nutritional value 



of fat, 841, 842 

 Palmitic acid, 42 



amide metabolism, 315 



antibacterial action, 868 



dehydrogenase action on, 118, 119 



effect on diabetes, 863 



fi'om lauric acid, 25 



from myristic acid, 26 



fiom stearic acid, 257 



iiicorporation of carbon into glucose, 



221,222,226 

 in molds, 874 

 myristic acid from, 258 

 oxidation, 85, 86, 103, 200, 201 

 effect of choline on, 202, 250 

 effect of fasting on, 200 

 extrahepatic, 195, 190 

 stearic from, 13, 25 

 Palmitoleic acid, 42, 96, 118, 796 



as growth factor for bacteria, 890 

 Palm oil, EFA in, 827 



tocopherols in, 690, 691, 901 

 Pancreas, carotenoids in, 511 

 effect on ketonuria, 160 

 fatty acid dehydrogenase in, 119 

 GPC in, 235 



in hypervitaminosis A, 609 

 ketone bodies, and, 193 

 provitamin D in, 633 

 vitamin A hydrolyzing enzyme in, 433 

 Pancreatectomy, dietary fat and, 862, 

 863 

 effect on cholesterol biosynthesis, 

 394 



