10G2 



SUBJECT INDEX 



Urine (continued): 



ethereal sulfates in, 332-33-1 



formate in, 288 



galactose in, 875 



hippuric acid in, 341 



ketone bodies in, 120-122, 154 



mercapturic acids in, 266, 267, 339, 340 



muconic acid in, 337 



oxalic acid in, 307 



])H, effect of vitamin D, 674 



])henols in, 32!), 330, 332 



jihenylglucuronides in, 334 



phenylsvibstituted acids in, 2U3 



phosphate in, 667, ()()8 



succinic acid in, 308 



thiamine in, 879 



tocopherols in, 701-703 



Vaccenic acid, antibacterial action, 871. 

 895 



as growth factor for bacteria, 890, 8!)1 



nutritional value of, 915-916 



oxidation of, 109 

 Valeric acid, acetate from, 258, 259 



glucose production and, 78, 214, 258 



in kidney, 82 



in vitro oxidation, 79 



ketone bodies from, 125, 128, 129, 133, 

 259 



metabolism, 78, 299 

 Valine, acetyl groujjs from, 262 



a-hydroxyacid and, 301 



ketogenicityof, 130, 134, 135 



utilization of, 300 

 Vascular system, effect of tocopheiol on, 



725-729 

 Vegetable oils, absorption rates, 907, 908 



carotenoids in, 899, 904 



digestibility in man, 905, 906 



KF'Ain,827, 904 



effect of h>'drogenation, 904 



effect on blood cholesterol, 825, 826 



tocopherols in, 690, 691, 901, 903, 904 



vs. animal fats, nutritional value, 909- 

 920 

 Vegetable shortenings, hydrogenated, to- 

 copherols in, 689, 690, 901 



Venom, provitamin D in, 632 

 Vertebrates, carotenoids in, 495-517 



provitamin D in, 629, 632-634 

 Villi, in fat absorption, 3, 4 

 Vinegar fly, sterol requirement of, 379 

 Vinylacetic acid, cholesterol from, 387 

 ketone bodies from, 126 

 metabolism, 96, 106 

 Violaxauthin, 506 

 Violerythriu, distribution, 478 

 Violet leaf oil, 318 

 Viosterol, 653 



Vision, carotenoids in, 568-576 

 Vitamin A, absorption, 432-437, 446 

 activity in lard, 553 

 alcohol vs. ester, 435, 445, 468, 520, 589, 



590 

 analogues, 545-553 

 antithyroid action, 436 

 biopotency, 547-549 

 content in fats, 898-900 

 deficiency symj)toms, 593-604 

 bones, 598, 599 

 epithelial tissues, 594-598 

 in man, 599-()04 

 prenatal, 594 

 distribution, 475, 483-487, 493, 495, 498, 

 499, 503, 504, 507, 509-511, 514, 

 516 

 comparative, in tissues, 517-519 

 effect of acetin fat on, 931 



ranciil fat on, 922 

 effect on blood carotene, 4()2 



massive doses, 447, 448, 4()2, 4()3, 467 

 effect on cholesterol s>ntliesis, 3i)7 

 esterification, 450, 451, 456 

 excretion in urine, 554-555 

 fat, dietary, and, 885, 886 

 from all-<raHs carotenoids, 534-544 



mechanism, 538-540 

 from carotene, 423, 426, 437-450, 484 

 aldehyde as intermediate, 453, 454 

 conversion in intestinal wall, 437-440. 



455, 456 

 effect of diabetes, 465, 474 

 other sites, 440-443 

 from cryptoxanthin, 429 

 from retinene, 451-453 



