SrEJECT INDEX 



1055 



Serine (continued)'. 

 glucose from, 248 

 glycine from, 247 

 in choline metal)olism, 245, 2S('> 

 in phospholipid synthesis, 70 

 in sphingosine synthesis, 07 

 synthesis, 284, 287 

 thymine from, 284 

 Sesame oil, coefficient of digestiljility, 905 

 EFA in, 827 

 tocopherols in, 901 

 Sex, effect on, blood carotene level, 463, 

 464 

 cholesterol level, 370, 372 

 vitamin A level, 473 

 cholesterol absorption, 365 

 EFA requirement, 804, 805 

 kidney vitamin A, 519 

 susceptibility to ketonuria, 124, 139, 



142, 144-146, 155-157, 160 

 tissue tocopherol, 696 

 vitamin A requirement, 589 



storage, 524-526 

 vitamin D content of fish oils, 647 

 x-irradiation protection, 822 

 Sharks, provitamin D in, 632 



squalene in liver oils, 322, 323, 387 

 tocopherol in, 902 

 Sheep, carotene conversion in, 438, 440 

 in blood, 458 

 requirement, 587 

 carotenoids in, 509, 514 



absorption, 425 

 p-cymene metabolism in, 344 

 ketogenesis in, extrahepatic, 197 

 ketonuria in, 147, 150-152 

 kitol in liver, 500 

 lipogenesis in liver, 39, 40 



in mammary tissues, 18, 19, 36, 48 

 provitamin D in, 632 

 tocopherol deficiency, 725 

 vitamin A, in liver, 514 

 in lymph, 455, 456 

 intestinal hydrolysis, 433 

 requirement, 578, 587 

 vitamin K deficiency, 772 

 volatile acids in g.i. tract, 254, 255 

 Shellac, hydroxyacid in, 97 



Shortening, EFA in, 830-832 



gro\\-th-promoting action in bacteria, 



894 

 mono and diglycerides in, 924 

 tocoi)herols in, 901 

 Sitosterol, absorption of, 366, 367, 417 

 effect on cholesterol absorption, 364, 417 

 elimination of carcinogens, and, 357 

 requirement for insects, 379 

 Skeletal muscle, condensing enzyme in, 170 

 fatty acid oxidation in, 1 10 

 ketone bodies synthesis, 193 

 Skin, cholesterol synthesis in, 391, 397 

 effect of rancid fats on, 922, 923 

 fatty aldehydes in, 318 

 in fat deficiency, 803, 816, 819, 820 



vs. pyridoxine deficiency, 882-884 

 lutein in, 429, 504, 505 

 provitamin D in, 624, 632, 635 



activation, 658 

 sterols in, 658 

 vitamin A in, 511 



deficiency effects, 597, 598, 603, 604 

 hypervitaminosis effects, 606, 607 

 Sodium, in brain lipids, 249 

 Sodium bicarbonate, effect on ketonuria, 



140-143, 310 

 Sodium cholate, effect on cholesterol ab- 

 sorption, 365 

 fat emulsion stabilizer, 206 

 Sodium desoxycholate, effect on cholesterol 



absorption, 365 

 Sodium taurocholate, effect on cholesterol 



absorption, 365 

 Sf of lipoproteins, 371 

 Sorbamide, muconic acid from, 338 

 Sorbic acid, ketone bodies from, 126 

 metabolism, 77, 85, 95, 785 

 muconic acid from, 338 

 Sorbic acid anilide, muconic acid from, 338 

 Sorbitol, ketolytic effect of, 173, 174 

 Sorbose, 174 



Sow, ketonuria in, 152, 153 

 Soybean oil, 325 



coefficient of digestibility, 905 

 effect on thyrotoxicosis, 859 

 gro-n-th promoting action in bacteria, 

 894 



